Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cill Mhic An Domhnaigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Mhic An Domhnaigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberreendoney
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberreendoney
- Coordinates
- 52.11304, -10.39372
- SMR number
- KE052-110----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Toberreendoney/Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh (Sunday Well: Well of the King of Sunday) A spring now enclosed by a concrete container. Rounds were made up until about 1910, chiefly on Sundays (Ó Danachair 1960, 76).
See attached photographs of Toberreendoney, taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00122 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16818; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/35493; F025.18.00124 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/39808.
See attached colour photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 947. 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
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
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