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On a low-lying landscape c. 150m NE of the SE end of Lough Cronin. This is a circular well (diam. 4m; D 1.7m) known locally as Toberakay, where patterns were held on the three Sundays before Garland Sunday (Kelly 1907, 5) which was in late July or early August. There is presently no evidence of veneration. There is a grass-covered subcircular hut-site or penitential cairn (RO045-222002-) (int. dims 3.9m x 3.1m) defined by a grass-covered wall footing (Wth 0.3-0.5m; H 0.2-0.6m) immediately to the SE. See the attached view from the N with the cairn behind. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
The well, known locally as Toberakay, is associated with Saint Kay or Caoimh, and was a site of pilgrimage and patterns held on the three Sundays before Garland Sunday. Such traditions often involved prayer, processions, and the collection of water believed to have healing properties.

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