What is recorded here

St. Finnanes Well in County Limerick is a small clear running spring that lost its rituals but kept its name on the nearby Well Road. Finnane may have dug it, hidden it or simply walked past it while people drank water and forgot his name. The road still points to the well, and the well still gives water without asking anyone to remember why.

Ó Danachair (1955, 205) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Finnane's Well on 1840 map. "Tobar Fhionain" on 1928 edition. A small clear running spring. No tradition seems to have survived. The nearby road is still called the Well Road. "His well is still in existence, but no stations performed at it. - OSL' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 July 2019

St. Finnane's Well, also known as Tobar Fhionain, is associated with a local saint, though no specific traditions or cures linked to the well have survived in recorded folklore. The site has been documented historically, with references appearing on maps from the 1840s and 1928.

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