What is recorded here

No visible well remains in the Dromalour pasture, but people still point to the exact spot where water once flowed. The whitethorn that marked the sacred place has been cut, the flow drained, yet the memory holds firm enough to preserve the name. Forgetting is not certain when the body keeps repeating what the mind has lost.

In pasture, on S-facing slope. No visible surface trace of well which according to Bowman (1934, 339) was 'drained many years ago and the attendant whitethorn tree cut down'. Still known locally as site of holy well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Linked to an unidentified saint, the site was traditionally associated with healing rituals, as indicated by the presence of a whitethorn tree, often symbolic of sacred or liminal spaces in Irish tradition. The well's veneration persisted into the early 20th century, despite its later drainage and the removal of the tree.

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