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Tobernaboghilla; a modernised shrine at the point where the Abbey and Erne rivers join.
(Ó Muirgheasa No.2) Holy well recorded in 1936 as 'St. Patrick's Holy Well, at Abbey Bay, Assaroe, about a mile from Ballyshannon. Stations are still made there from 10th June to 20th September, but especially on the 15th August. People yet come twenty or thirty miles to do this station' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 144).
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload / revision : 01 November 2011
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