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Holy well in Oughterard

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A holy well situated at ‘An Trá Bheag’ at the bottom of a cliff in Oughterard townland on the Loop Head peninsula is noted in Dinnseanchas III (p. 102, 104, 107) available at https://www.logainm.ie. The precise location of this well is unknown. This information was reported to the National Monuments by Micheál MacGearailt.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL065-129

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  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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