What is recorded here

Not a drop of water remains visible, yet the name Tobar na gCeann still haunts Listrim. Rounds were once walked there, a repetitive act that turned ordinary soil into sacred ground before the well vanished from memory. The heads may have been stone markers, drowned ghosts or the bare skulls of forgotten rituals. Whatever they were, the circle of footsteps is gone, leaving only the sharp edge of a name that refuses to explain itself.

The precise location of the holy well in the townland of Listrim has not been identified. Holy well described as doubtful by Ó Danachair (1958, 163) who recorded; 'There is a tradition that a holy well called "Tobar na gCeann" [Well of the Heads] formerly existed in this townland and that rounds were made there' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 231; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706321/4702343/4724169?ChapterID=4706321). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2022

associated with Saint Gobnait, a 6th-century Irish saint known for her patronage of beekeeping and healing. The well may have been visited for cures related to fertility and bee-related ailments, with local tradition suggesting rituals involving the collection of water for these purposes.

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