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Holy well in Derrigimlagh

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On E face of a small scarp on Daily Hill, 0.5km NW of Ballyconneely. A wet hollow among stones is all that marks this 'unfinished' holy well which is associated with St Caíllín. According to local tradition, the saint, having left Errislannan, stopped here but, on hearing St Flannan's bell, realised he hadn't gone far enough and moved on toward Slyne Head where his real well is to be found (GA048-012----) (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. I - West Galway'.
On E face of a small scarp on Daily Hill, 0.5km NW of Ballyconneely. A wet hollow among stones is all that marks this 'unfinished' holy well which is associated with St Caíllín. According to local tradition, the saint, having left Errislannan, stopped here but, on hearing St Flannan's bell, realised he hadn't gone far enough and moved on toward Slyne Head where his real well is to be found (GA048-012----) (info.…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA049-020

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Drow69, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mac McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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