Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toberboe Or Killenny More, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberboe Or Killenny More
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Coordinates
- 52.82291, -7.44068
- SMR number
- LA035-029----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Dedicated to St John the Baptist, this well was also known as Tubberig and Tubberach (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 228). Situated in a low-lying area. Indicated by a shallow pool of water.
Described by Carrigan as "Tubberboe well", from which the townland of Tubberboe takes its name, is about 350 yds. to the southwest. It is sometimes called Tubberig and Tubberach. On the Ordnance Map it is called "St. John's well"; and very old people still call it by this name. Down to the early part of the last century, the people used to assemble to pray and pilgrim at this well 'on St. John's day in Summer'(Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 228).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.