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Toberreendoney — Gortadroma

Holy well
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No visible surface trace of well which, according to local information, was not encased but simply a spring in the ground. According to OSL (vol. 2, 12) called 'Tobar Ri(fada)gh an Domhnaigh (Well of the King of Sunday)'. Site now occupied by County Council rubbish dump. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 214) as 'a small clear spring, overhung by an old thorn tree … the devotion has almost died out.' See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00223 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31108; F025.21.00220 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17005 and F025.21.00218 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17004. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020

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