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Holy well in An Cheathrú Rua Thiar

Holy well

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Close to seashore at An Tuairín Mín, on N bank of a stream. Known locally as Tobar Naomh Thomáis, it consists of a small natural spring with a roughly built stone shrine beside it. Visited on 20th December: it is reputed to have had a cure for eyes (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA078-005

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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