What is recorded here

Tobar Cholmcille hides below the high-water mark in Coill Sáile, a smooth thirty-centimetre pothole beside a shallow dip claimed as the knee-print of Colmcille. People walked seven rounds and cast a pebble into that small water until the practice faded from living memory. The inlet keeps no offerings, yet it still belongs to the saint because the body remembered the shape before the mind invented a story.

Just below HWM at the head of a small inlet on W side of Cuan Chill Chiaráin. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a natural smooth pothole (D 0.3m) with a shallower extension adjoining its rim, said to be the knee-print of the saint. No offerings are visible, but it was frequented in the last generation; seven rounds would be made and a pebble cast into the well on each round. Not visited. (Robinson 1985, 57) 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. Columba (Colmcille), the well is associated with healing traditions and pilgrimage, reflecting the saint's widespread veneration in early Christian Ireland. Local folklore may connect the site to miraculous cures or protective rituals, though specific details remain undocumented.

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