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Situated at the crest of a SW-facing slope in a small grove (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW). According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 595) St Cooraun’s Well was venerated in the 1830s and was resorted to for the cure of infants. The pattern was held on the 9th of February (Grattan Flood 1915, 103), which is the saint's feastday (Ó Riain 2011, 242-3). The well may have become established after the demise of St. Kieran’s Well (WX0236-025----), c. 200m to the SW. Two pools are the source of a stream that runs off to the W and then SW. One of the pools (diam. 3.9m) is surrounded by a masonry wall T 0.35m; ext. H 0.6m; int. H 1.1m) with an iron gate (Wth 0.6-0.8m) that has brick piers at the SW. There are offerings at the well and a slate slab (dims. 0.6m x 0.4m) bears the inscription ‘Saint Cooraun’s Well’. It is thought locally that at one time the Stations of the Cross were recited at fourteen of the mature trees. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 July, 2012

St Cooraun’s Well was associated with the cure of infertility, a common attribute of many early Irish holy wells linked to female saints or local holy figures. The veneration of such sites often involved rituals like walking the well’s circuit or making offerings for fertility and healing.