What is recorded here

Half a kilometre from Clonbern Church, a hidden spring bubbles beneath a hawthorn tree inside Clonbern Park. Mossy stones circle the water like forgotten markers, while a steady stream carries the church's prayers southward into the wild earth. People may have knelt at that green edge for centuries, asking the tree and water to carry what human lungs cannot hold.

Within the demesne of Clonbern Park, close to td. boundary. This well consists of an unenclosed natural spring under a hawthorn tree. Some moss-covered stones lie scattered around. A stream flows S from it. Clonbern Church (GA031-016----) lies 590m to WNW. 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 Keeraun, this holy well is associated with cures for skin ailments and general healing. Traditionally, the water was collected on Saint Keeraun’s feast day, and it was believed that drinking or bathing in the water brought spiritual and physical purification.

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