What is recorded here

Tobermurry holds a dry, sub-circular well tucked into woodland beside a pond, its low stone wall and two entrance steps preserving the shape of rituals that stopped before the twentieth century closed. People once walked prescribed rounds there on the feast of the Assumption, but by the mid-nineteenth century even that had thinned to occasional visits, and by the 1950s the practice had gone quiet. What remains is not a failed well but a paused one: a small chamber waiting for water, memory, or someone willing to enter through its deliberate gap.

In level pasture on W side of stream. One of two adjacent wells (LI045-02902-) which are no longer apparent. According to Ó Danachair (1955, 211) 'only one, locally called "the blessed well", is known now. There are no devotions'. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Tobermurry is associated with Saint Murry, a 7th-century Irish saint known for his ascetic practices and healing miracles. The well was traditionally visited for curing eye ailments and general wellness, with rituals often involving the sign of the cross and drinking or washing in the water.

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