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https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/app/uploads/2021/04/tobermacduagh-holy-well-scaled.jpg25601920There are 241 Holy Wells listed in the Record of Monuments and Places for County Clare. Some are well known and currently have well established pattern days. The practice of visitation to Holy Wells specifically in Clare is now part of Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage and this project has informed and supported […]