
What is recorded here
Toberdooran is a holy well in County Clare, Ireland, and one of the region's oldest ritual water sites. People have drawn from it for healing, prayer, or simple thirst since before written history. The clay basin still holds rainwater and groundwater, untouched by modern pipes. What is certain is that the well exists, that water flows in it, and that it was marked as holy long before surveys or maps.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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