Holy well in An Máimín — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No visible chamber, no grand monument, only a small natural triangular hollow cut into a broad flagstone beside the stream. That is all the evidence needed to imagine the place working: water entering a shaped stone at a crossing point, people returning to drink, rinse or mark the boundary between lands. The absence of a grand structure does not diminish the well; it removes the part that would have prevented ordinary use.

On S bank of a stream, which also marks the townland boundary, c. 150m upstream from Loch an Mhuilinn. Known locally as Tobairín an Átha Leacaigh, it consists of a small natural triangular hollow in a broad flagstone close to an obvious crossing-point on the stream (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to St. Léaca, the well is traditionally associated with cures for skin ailments and general healing. Local folklore suggests that the saint founded a small monastic site in the area, and the well’s waters were believed to have been blessed during a time of plague or sickness in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.