Holy Well and Altars at Tubernault

Artist(s): Jonathan Binns (Draughtsman), Louis Haghe (Lithographer), William Day (Lithographer)

View of Tobernalt Holy Well, Co. Sligo. There is a stone altar in the foreground of the image, with a circular well to the right. Further back there is a second altar with a small cross, at the base of a large tree.

Inscribed in Image

Signature – Sketched by Jonathan Binns. / Day and Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Caption outside of boundaries of image – Holy Well and Altars at Tubernault.

Image Details

Genre	Landscape
Technique	Lithographs
Subject(s)	Antiquities and archaeological sites
Geographical Location	Connaught – Province Sligo – County Tobernalt Holy Well – Named locality
Keyword(s)	Altars, Archaeological sites, Ruins, Trees, Wells
Colour	Monochrome
Dimensions	9.4 cm x 14.1 cm
Published / created	1837

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland
Contributor(s)	Jonathan Binns — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Print
Location of image in copy	opp. p. 336
Source copy	National Library of Ireland J 9141
Alternative source This is a link to a digital copy hosted by an external website.	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006978244?urlappend=%3Bseq=379
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1370439713
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

We next steered towards the west end of the lake, // passing the Doone's rock, and went to see the holy well of Tubernault, about half a mile from the lake. From beneath the hill and the altar flows a very copious spring of the purest water, surrounded by a wall. The principal altar is built against the stem of an ancient ash—against which, too, leans a crucifix, with beads suspended from it. This symbol is not secured, and has remained in its present position for a long time. The second altar is on the opposite side of the well. Inglis says that when he visited the well at Tubernault, he saw eleven devotees, four of whom went from station to station on their knees. I was spared this spectacle. [pp. 335-336]