Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballintobeenig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballintobeenig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberintaggart
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberintaggart (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.30582, -9.63428
- SMR number
- KE029-038001-
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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
No surface remains visible of the site Tobber na Saggart (the priest's well) was described by Hickson (1885-6, 499) as; 'a well called Tobber na Saggart (i.e. the priest's well), on a townland called Ballintobeenig'. Ó Danachair (1958, 163) was doubtful about this site and he recorded that; 'no tradition seems to have survived'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 29 April 2022
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The Holy Wells of North County Kerry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 153-63.
Hickson, M.A. 1885-6 Notes on Kerry topography, ancient and modern. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 17, 499.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.