Toberboy, holy well in County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

In the SW angle of a field of rough pasture. Templeboy church (KK025-027001-) was located immediately S, in the N part of the adjacent field (as suggested on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or c. 160m to the ESE (as indicated on the 1900 revision and 25-inch map). Indicated as 'Toberboy' on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and a 'Toberboy (Site of)' on the 1900 revision.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK025-026

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Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
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