What is recorded here

Priests Well is a lost holy well on the west edge of Tuam, reduced to a name along a dry grassland stream. The nearby Presbytery may have lent the water its title, or a forgotten priest may have tended the well when Tuam was smaller. Either way, the missing water leaves a hole in the story that the living well 160m south refuses to fill.

Along a dry stream bed in grassland on W outskirts of Tuam town (GA029-199----). Its name and representation on OS 6-inch maps suggest that this was a holy well. However, it could simply have taken its name from the 'Presbytery' marked on the maps 70m to NE. No visible surface trace survives. A holy well (GA029-177----) lies 160m to SSW, and a named well (GA029-176----) 125m to WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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