What is recorded here

Tobernarughilla is a holy well at the west end of a Limerick pasture, reduced to an oval cattle pond where briars strangle half its bank. It once received sacred devotion, but the sacred part has drowned under hooves and habit. What remains is a good spring, forgetful of its own name, drinking the field dry while the field drinks it back.

At W-end of pasture field. Oval pond (c. 7m N-S; 11m E-W) defined by earthen field boundary SW-NNW but overgrown with briars NNW-ESE. Area heavily poached by cattle. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 206) as 'a good spring … now used for watering cattle, and not known as a holy well'; according to OSMB 'this well was some time ago held in sacred veneration and devotions performed at it' (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 December 2013

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