What is recorded here

Tober Coonagh is a small holy well at the northern edge of a Callownamuck graveyard, its low circular stone wall facing east-south-east as though set with quiet intention. The pairing of living water and buried people suggests an old belief that the boundary between worlds can be touched, not only feared. Local hands may have built and kept the drystone circle for generations, making the well less a monument than a continuing act of attention.

Within a small stone enclosure at N end of a graveyard (GA055-026001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cuanach, consists of a spring well delimited by a low circular drystone wall (D 2.15m), opening to ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Tober Coonagh is associated with Saint Gobnait, a 6th-century Irish saint known for her patronage of bees and healing. The well was traditionally visited for cures related to eye ailments and general health, with pilgrims often collecting water on specific feast days and leaving offerings at the site.

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