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St. Caillins Well — Chapel Island

Holy well
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Some 20m ENE of an oratory (GA048-003001-) at E end of the island. This well, correctly Tobar Caíllín, was noted by O'Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 109-10) and shown on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. Evidently dest­royed by time of 2nd ed. (1899), when the words 'Site of are appended. No visible surface trace survives. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 99; Killanin 1954, 94) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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