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Some 35m to the SW of the church (GA103-118001-) at Drumacoo. Dedicated to St Sorney, this holy well consists of a roughly circular stone-lined sunken spring well (diam. 1.7m), surrounded by a circular stone wall (diam. c. 4m). Access is via seven steps at N. Modern votive offerings are visible and there is a local tradition of a pattern, performed on two consecutive Mondays and the intervening Thursday, at which cures for injuries, bleeding and minor disabilities are sought. Higgins (1987, vol. II, 271, No. 3) recorded a cross-inscribed water-rolled limestone pebble here. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 317-18; Harbison 1979, 90)
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Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey
Edited by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 14 June 2023
This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 254.
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