What is recorded here

Tobermurry is a lost holy well hidden beneath a dormant Galway stream, its memory preserved only in a hawthorn tree and scattered stones. The land belongs to Ballymore Demesne, yet the green pasture still guards the quiet ghost of water and prayer. What is absent becomes a living question, inviting people to imagine the depth of the well and the hands that once washed in it.

In a dried-up stream in pastureland, formerly part of Ballymore Demesne. Named 'Tobbermurry' on the 1838 and 1946 revision of the OS 6-inch maps. Apart from some loose stones scattered around a hawthorn tree, no visible surface trace of the well survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 December 2022

Tobermurry is traditionally associated with Saint Murry (or Murtagh), a 6th-century Irish saint known for his monastic foundations in County Limerick and parts of Tipperary. Holy wells named after him are often linked to cures for skin ailments and general healing, with local folklore suggesting that water from such wells, when used in ritual, could bring about physical and spiritual purification.

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