Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cathair Bó Sine, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cathair Bó Sine
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberahoonard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberahoonard
- Coordinates
- 52.14403, -10.33894
- SMR number
- KE042-144----
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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
Toberahoonanara/Tobar an Chapaill: This well is located immediately SW of Caherboshina village, at the foot of the E slopes of Lateevemore. It is now used as a water source for domestic or farmyard purposes and is provided with a rough, concrete surround. However, there is a vague tradition of former devotions (Ó Danachair 1960, 77).
See attached photograph of Tobar Tóin an Áird, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00278 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16876.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 928. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 25 April 2022
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.