Holy well in Cladhnach — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Tobar Mhuire is a smooth natural pothole beside a modern house at Crompán, marked by a flat stone lid and saint's footprints in the rock. People may have knelt there to drink, pray or remember the woman honoured in its name. The small hole still holds that much larger act of attention.

Close to E gable of a modern house at Crompán, on N side of coast road. Known locally as Tobar Mhuire, it consists of a smooth natural pothole D 0.2m) in a rock outcrop, with a round flat stone as a lid. A saint's footprints are pointed out in the rock beside it, and at the front of the house (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. 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

Linked to St. Mary (Tobar Mhuire), the well is traditionally associated with healing and protection, with the footprint suggesting a local tradition of the saint’s physical presence or blessing at the site. Such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and seasonal rituals in pre-modern Ireland.

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