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O'Rorke (1878, 277) noted that 'a little to the east of the cruckawn is, or rather was, a well, called Tubbermurro, where stations used to be performed by the people of the neighbourhood. The well lay in a hollow between two bushes and the devotees made a circuit on their knees round the bushes, attaching to one or other of them, at the close of the exercise, a small strip of scrap of cloth, in token, probably, of willingness to make a more valuable offering if circumstances permitted or required. Either by accident or by design the water supply was cut off and the well dried, about thirty years ago, by persons quarrying close to Tubbermurro.' A footnote states that Tubbermurro signifies 'Mary's Well'. The precise location of this holy well is not known. This account may refer to a possible holy well in the townland of Cooney (SL020-265----).
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC.
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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