Toberslane, holy well in County Donegal

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What is recorded here

Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ' "Tobar Slan, in the townland of Ryelands", near Manorcunningham, is mentioned in O'Donovan's Survey Letters. He believed it was the same as a historic well called Tobar Cobharthach, as it means the Well of Healing' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 155). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 79) Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 04 November 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG054-051

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