Dublin Core
Title
Toberbunny
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Toberbunny
2 Townland, County, GPS
Toberbunny, Dublin
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Branigan notes that “the scant remains of Toberbunny are located overlooking a stream at the edge of a golf course at the Aer Lingus Social and Athletic Association (ALSAA)…it is presently no more than a small dry hollow displaying stronger grass growth than the surrounding area” (Branigan 2012: 56).
5 Pattern day
“Stations were held here in previous times, but not in living memory, and it is no longer venerated” (Branigan 2012: 56).
9 Publications
Branigan, Gary. 2012. Ancient and Holy Wells of Ireland. Dublin: The History Press Ireland.
10 More
“The present name is the result of the phonetic Anglicisation of the Irish Tobar Bainne, which translates as ‘Well of Milk’ possibly pointing to the soft quality of the water” (Branigan 2012: 56).