What is recorded here

Holy well in Kilcummin is a holy well in Kilcummin, County Sligo, Ireland. An 1836 account named the well Tober Cuimín beside an old abbey and graveyard, although its exact position remains unknown. A bullaun stone marked on a 1914 map may have given the place that name.

In 1836 an old abbey (SL031-005001-), a graveyard (SL031-005002-) and a well called 'Tober Cuimín' were recorded in the townland of Kilcummin (OSNB vol. 1, 30). The exact location of the well is not known but a bullaun stone (SL031-006002-) indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map may have given rise to the name 'Tober Cuimín'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

The holy well at Kilcummin, known as Tober Cuimín, is associated with Saint Cuimín, an early Irish Christian saint. Traditionally linked to healing and protection, such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and ritual washing for physical or spiritual ailments.

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