Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tobermaclugg, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobermaclugg
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermaclugg
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermaclugg
- Coordinates
- 53.34944, -6.47320
- SMR number
- DU017-027----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Tobermaclugg or Tobar na gClog is a natural spring situated in a hollow by a tree. Accessible from steps (Ó Danachair 1958, 83). It is dedicated to St. John (Daly 1957, 18). No longer venerated.
See attached photos (01/02) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00293 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46719 and F024.06.00292 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46718.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 April 2023
References
Daly, M. 1957 Curative wells in old Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 17, 13-24.
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
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