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Ritual site - holy well

Mollaneen, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Mollaneen, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Mollaneen
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St Tolas Well
Latest-edition OS map
St Tolas Well (1920)
Coordinates
52.90793, -9.06418
SMR number
CL025-097----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the SE corner of a field E of Dysert O’Dea church (CL025-091001-) and 240m SE of the high cross of St Tola (CL025-091094----). St Tola’s well or Tobar Bhanala. Stations were held here on the feast of St Tola, 30 March, for on that day in 734 ‘Tola died Bishop of Clonard’ (Swinfen 1992, 23). A circular spring well (2.2m N-S; 1.8m E-W) at the base of a S-facing rock outcrop with a stream proceeding S through a channel in the rock. There is no evidence of veneration. Westropp (1900-02, 141) noted that a double bullaun (CL025-097001-), extant in 1839, was not discoverable.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 6 September 2017

References

Swinfen, A. 1992 Forgotten stones: Ancient church sites of the Burren and environs. Dublin. Lilliput Press.

Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The churches of Co. Clare and the origin of the ecclesiastical divisions in that county. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, vol. 6, 100-180.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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