What is recorded here

Holy wells are water sources revered across cultures because people instinctively believe clean flowing water holds life, memory, and grace. In County Cork, that old idea still fits the green landscape: a well is not merely a hole in the ground, but a place where the earth gives drink and people give back prayer, cloth, silence, or remembrance. The wonder is not that humans loved these waters, but that they recognised something the muscles and marrow already understood.

In pasture, on S-facing slope, to W of St Gobnait's stone (CO058-013002-). Marked 'Holy well (now dry)' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 28 Nov 2016 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Linked to St Gobnait, a 6th-century Irish saint associated with beekeeping and fertility, the well may have been visited for cures related to childbirth or female infirmities. The presence of a nearby stone dedicated to her suggests a historical devotion to the saint in the area, though the well itself is now dry and without visible remains.

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