What is recorded here

Toberacollumbaun is a two-metre holy well hidden in the southern shadow of an old Galway church enclosure. Its collapsed drystone wall still rings the water like a broken cup, waiting for hands that remember why the place was made sacred.

Some 80m SSW of a church (GA084-127002-), in S sector of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA084-127001-). It consists of a roughly circular water-filled hollow (D c.2m) delimited by traces of a collapsed drystone wall. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 258-9) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to Saint Columba (Columbkille), the well is associated with traditional Catholic pilgrimage and healing practices. Local folklore suggests it was used for ritual washing and the cure of ailments, particularly skin conditions.

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