Christian Sites

On N-facing slope c. 100m NW of a road and td. boundary. All that remains of this well, correctly Tobar an Domhnaigh, is a patch of rough ground in SE part of a field. (O’Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 325) The above description is derived from the published ‘ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as ‘the ancient parish church now ruinated’ (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of […]

Close to a stream in level poorly drained terrain. A spring well, know locally as Bellwell or Tobernaclog, consists of a well-preserved square drystone-build structure (L/Wth 1.6m) opening out to S. Locally believed to have converted a non-believer when Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated in low-lying, wet, marshy terrain. The well is simply a hole (diam. c. 3m) in the ground protected by a square wire fence (5m x 5m). A grotto to Our Lady lies c. 100m to the NW. The above description is derived from ‘The Archaeological Inventor Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

On rough hillside c. 420m NE of Loch na hAibhne Gairbhe. Known locally as Tobar na gCreigeán or An Tobar Beannaithe (GA052-001—-), it consists of a natural irregular hollow (bullaun) in a rock outcrop with a small drystone-built stone shrine over it o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

OS 23 (Precise location not discovered) 5. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘There is a Holy Well under Cnoc Fola or Bloody Foreland. It has no name beyond Tobar Faoi Chnoc or Tobar Ailt na Peiste, but an occasional person still ” walks ” the turu Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

‘Tobar Olla Brenainn’ or the ‘Holy Well of St. Brendan’s Anointing’, is located on a small rock-knoll towards the centre of Emlagh Bog, Valencia Island, and overlooks the Atlantic just 400m to N. It comprises a holy well, a cross-slab, three stone crosse Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the E edge of a dried-up watercourse, which may have formed part of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD029-005002-) immediately outside, to SW, of a graveyard (KD029-005004-) and medieval church (KD029-005001-). According to Jackson (1979-80, 154-5) Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At HWM at easternmost tip of Ros Dúgáin Point. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a natural, smooth, bowl-shaped pothole (D 0.25m) with a low semicircular drystone surround on W. (Robinson 1985, 56-7) The above description is derived fr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Just below HWM at the head of a small inlet on W side of Cuan Chill Chiaráin. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a natural smooth pothole (D 0.3m) with a shallower extension adjoining its rim, said to be the knee-print of the saint. No of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 101 (42)), ‘there is a holy well called after St. Coleman which is visited by Pilgrims on St. Peter’s day [June 29th]. Over it grow several old trees and bushes …’. Dowling (1935-45), says a pattern was held there ann Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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