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Tobernalt Holy Well

Tobernalt Holy Well, seen from above at true elevation

Tobernalt Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Truskmore stands 647 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is grotto, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 2.7 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.24396, -8.44611

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Church: 0.9 mi
  • Lest Sligo forgets: 1.2 mi
  • Lady Eireann: 2.1 mi
  • Sligo Masonic Hall: 2.2 mi
  • Model School: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Slieve Daeane: 1.9 mi
  • Killerry Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Union Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Spink: 4.3 mi
  • Crocknanoo: 4.8 mi
Springs: 50
Attractions: 21
Parks: 19
  • Cleveragh Regional Park: 1.1 mi
  • Doorly Park: 1.7 mi
  • Peace Park: 2.2 mi
  • Greenfort Park: 2.3 mi
  • Salmon Point: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 12
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Doneen West: 8.4 mi
  • Carrane Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Playgroud: 20.4 mi
  • The Playground: 20.4 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 20.7 mi
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hazelwood: 1.3 mi
  • Templeboy Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 15.7 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 17.7 mi
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 22.7 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Tobernalt Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
TruskmoreNNE 18°647 m9.5 mi
Truskmore SE CairnNNE 20°631 m9.4 mi
TievebaunNNE 19°611 m11.2 mi
Annacoona TopN 7°597 m8.4 mi
KnockalongyWSW 255°544 m13.1 mi
Knockalongy North-East TopWSW 256°541 m12.6 mi
BenbulbinN 352°526 m8.4 mi
Arroo MountainNNE 32°523 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0018:47
June solstice05:0021:1222:12
September equinox07:2018:4819:35
December solstice08:5315:0116:12

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Black-headed Gull16 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull13 obs
  • Mute Swan13 obs
  • Common Gull11 obs
  • Mallard9 obs
  • Cuckoo-pint8 obs
  • Great Cormorant7 obs
  • European Robin7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1961232577

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