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Known locally as Tobairán an Mhuláin. Near LWM on E shore at the mouth of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir. The location indicated on OS 6-inch maps is wrong: the well lies c. 80m to S of it on the foreshore. It consists of a natural oval basin (0.5m by 0.4m) on W side of a gully. A fish in it (Donnánach) is reputed to answer simple questions about an absent loved one: it swims upside down if the person in question is dead (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
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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