What is recorded here

Tobar Suivne is a small D-shaped spring in County Galway where water still rises through a limestone fissure. People may have visited the well for cleansing, prayer or healing, and the stone edge may mark that old use. The narrow opening suggests the water was always easy to see and reach.

In low-lying grassland, in an area of outcropping limestone. A D-shaped spring well (E-W 0.9m, N-S 0.4m) within a natural fissure in the limestone; known locally as a holy well. 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

Linked to Saint Suivne, Tobar Suivne is traditionally associated with healing and protection, with local folklore suggesting the water was particularly efficacious for curing eye ailments and ensuring safe childbirth. Little written historical record exists, but such wells were often sites of pre-Christian ritual later incorporated into Christian practice.

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