Ritual site - holy well

The National Monuments Service's description

A well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in italic lettering on both as Toberluke. It is located on a gentle S-facing slope. Although not recorded by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 this is regarded a possible holy well, the name being a corruption of Tober Alloch, from the patron of the Templetown parish (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 359). Alloch was a Welsh saint, the son of Brecaun and the brother of Dubhán (Redmond 1898, 25), whose churches (WX054-003002-; WX054-009001-) are also on Hook peninsula. There is no visible evidence of a well, and there is no evidence of, or record of, veneration. Termpletown church (WX049-008001-) is c. 1.4km to the S. (Redmond 1900, 223; Colfer 1978, 12; Culleton 1999, 128-9)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 31 March, 2014

References

Redmond, G. O'Connell 1898 History and topography of the parish of Hook, Co. Wexford, Journal of the Waterford and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society 4, 21-35, 96-104, 164-85, 220-27.

Redmond, G. O'Connell 1900 The history and topography of the parish of Hook, Co. Wexford. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 6, 32-50, 75-96, 215-34.

Colfer, B. 1978 The promontory of Hook. Wexford, Author

Culleton, E. 1999 Celtic and Early Christian Wexford. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999.

Hore, P.H. 1900-1911 (Reprint 1979) History of the town and county of Wexford, 6 vols. Dublin. Published by arrangement with W.A. Hennessy Esq.