What is recorded here

Tobar Éinne is a holy well in County Galway where people sought relief for eye disease. The clear spring water flows inside a small oval drystone wall, tucked upslope from an oratory. It is the kind of place where desperation and hope meet, where a person might have knelt at dawn, dipped cloth in the cold water, and watched the eyes for change. The stones still hold that old purpose, waiting for someone to remember what the neighbourhood once repeated.

Some 85m NW of, and upslope from, an oratory (GA081-011001-). This well, correctly Tobar Éinne, is a natural spring delimited by an oval drystone wall (1.17m by 0.8m) with an entrance at SE. According to Killanin (1947, 122) it is resorted to for diseases of the eye. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 381) 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

Tobereany, Cill Ogúla is associated with Saint Éinne, a lesser-known early Irish saint, and the well, Tobar Éinne, was traditionally visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for eye ailments. The site's small drystone enclosure and proximity to an oratory suggest its religious and ritual significance in early Christian times.

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