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On a cliff edge just S of a small beach some 3km S of Lahinch. A spring well, immediately inside a field wall, indicated and named ‘Well’ on the OS 25-inch map. It is enclosed by a wall built of mortared sea-rolled stones. A cross stands over the well with an inscription that reads ‘St. Senan’s Holy Well, 2003’. Beside it a canopy of similarly built, mortared, sea-rolled stones is erected over an opening housing statues and candles. Reference to the well in the School’s Collection (vol. 0621, page 301) on Duchas.ie in 1937 states that the well was known to cure sore eyes and pains in the legs. ‘Rounds’ were known to have been performed at the well some 20 years previously.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL023-067----_01.jpg View of well from SW showing its landscape setting (photo: Michael Houlihan)
CL023-067----_02.jpg Collection of statues and candles (photo: Michael Houlihan)
CL023-067----_03.jpg Cross erected in 2003 (photo: Michael Houlihan)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 8 September 2021
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