{{Short description|Holy well in County Sligo, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Holywell near Tobernalt Bay '''Tobernalt''' ({{irish place name|Tobar an Aillt|well of the cliff}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tobar an Aillt |url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/112099 |website = logainm.ie | accessdate = 6 October 2025 }}{{fv|reason=Where does logainm give "well of the cliff"? The handwritten notes give "well of the glen". Not "well of the cliff". With a side-note attributing this derivation to J'OD. Presumably John O'Donovan. While other sources appear to give "cliff", logainm doesn't appear to be one of them? |date=October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Flanagan |last2 = Flanagan |first1=Deirdre | first2 = Laurence |title=Irish Place Names |publisher=Gill & Macmillan |year=1994 |isbn=071712066X |location=Ireland |pages=13-14, 153-154}}</ref> is a holy well in north County Sligo, Ireland near the southwest corner of Lough Gill. It is an ancient natural spring dating back to the 5th century as a pagan meeting place and later a Penal Law mass site.<ref name="StJohnsAbout">{{cite web|url=http://www.holywellsligo.com/about.html|title=About Tobernalt|website=Tobernalt Holy Well Sligo|publisher=St. John's Parish|accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref>
{{As of| 2016}} it is maintained by St John's Parish, Carraroe, Sligo.<ref name="StJohnsWeb">{{cite web|url=http://www.holywellsligo.com/|title=Home|website=Tobernalt Holy Well Sligo|publisher=St John's Parish|accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref> Masses are conducted at the site. The devoted from surrounding counties and elsewhere make pilgrimages to the site on Garland Sunday when a day-long schedule of devotions is held.
Near the well there is a reputed "healing stone" associated with St. Patrick. Patrick's fingerprints are said to be on the stone.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meehan |first=Cary |date=2004 |title=Sacred Ireland |url= |location=Somerset |publisher=Gothic Image Publications |page=674|isbn=0-906362-43-1 |access-date=}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Tobernalt Well}} *[http://www.holywellsligo.com/about.html Tobernalt Holy Well website by St. John's Parish] *[http://www.megalithicireland.com/Tobernalt%20Holy%20Well.html Various pictures at MegalithicIreland]
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Category:Holy wells in Ireland Category:Springs of Ireland Category:Christian holy places
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