Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mollaneen, County Clare, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.