Tobar na gCat

Tobernagat derives from Tobar na gCat, combining the Irish word tobar (well or spring, from Old Irish topur) with na gCat (of the cats). This makes it an unusually secular Irish placename, as most Irish wells bear the names of saints or have Christian associations. The well is situated in County Clare in the Scariff area, approximately 9 kilometres southwest of Mountshannon, in a large pasture ...