What is recorded here

No saint claims the well, yet people still walk to its square stone pool in August, believing the water eases sore eyes. They tie rags to nearby briars, feeding a tradition older than memory while the Royal Canal flows past unchanged. The missing monastery vanishes beneath grass and doubt, leaving only the well to prove that the place still matters.

At the N foot of a short, moderately steep slope on the W bank of the Royal Canal. According to Jackson (1979-80, 160) the well is not associated with any specific saint but is believed locally to be near the site of a monastery. It is associated with a cure for sore eyes and is traditionally visited during August when rags are sometimes left on the bushes and briars beside it. A large, square, water-filled pool (L 9m; Wth 9m) is open towards the NW and NE but is enclosed by well-built, mortared stone walling on the SE and SW. No trace of an associated rag-tree/bush. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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