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Ritual site - holy well

Donaskeagh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Donaskeagh, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Donaskeagh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Toberlaghteen
Latest-edition OS map
Toberlaghteen
Coordinates
52.52574, -8.05852
SMR number
TS059-055002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In improved pasture, at base of a NE-facing slope, in a hollow defined by some loose boulders and mature deciduous trees. A keyhole-shaped well (dims. 0.7m NNE-SSE; 0.5m ESE-WNW) defined by a collapsed dry stone wall (H 0.75m). This natural spring well contains water (D 0.16m), with bubbles rising to the surface. There is a cup at the SW side to be used by pilgrims. A channel (long axis E-W) extends (L c. 60m) to the E where it drains into the Multeen River. It is depicted and named on the 1904 edition OS 6-inch map as 'Toberlaghteen' and according to O' Flanagan (1930, 93), 'there is a spot covered in thorns believed to be the site of a church [TS059-055001-], and about thirty paces to the south of it is a holy well called Tobar Lachtin, which was walled round and arched over and which is still visited by pilgrims on Saturdays. A Pattern was annually held here on Corpus Christi Thursday until about thirty years ago when it was abolished.' The church possible (TS059-055001-) is c. 25m to the NW.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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