Spring Water Oval Studs Aonbhar Findias and Murias

Findias and Murias

Neolithic monuments such as New Grange and Raths such as the Grianán of Ailleach are ubiquitous in the Irish landscape

Fionn MacCumhaill

They hold many of the secrets of our past

Triple deities were common in Irish and ancient world mythology

Spring Water Oval Studs Aonbhar Findias and MuriasTobar is the Irish word for Well, Spring or Source. Many towns get their names from wells and springs with Tipperary (Tiobraid rann source of the River Ar) being one example. Wells are significant in Irish mythology being regarded as portals to the Celtic otherworld, which was believed to exist on a parallel plane to our own. It was believed you could enter this realm through water be it through the sea, lakes springs and wells. Boann, the Irish cow