What is recorded here

Inishvickillane, southernmost of the Blasket islands, holds an Early Christian monastic settlement where a partly stone-lined depression near the oratory may mark the site of a well once considered holy. The island lies seven miles southwest of Slea Head, cut off from Dunquin pier by open water and storm. A vague tradition still credits the well with sacred power, though no clear record preserves the name of the person who first drank from it or the prayer spoken beside its stones.

Inishvickillane, the southernmost of the Blasket islands, lies 7 miles SW of Slea Head and 9 miles from the nearest embarkation point at Dunquin pier. The island has an area of 199 acres and the Early Christian monastic settlement KE061-006---- lies at the SE end of the island, on the E slopes of a rocky buff which rises prominently above the remainder of the island. (5) (KE061-006006-) A partly stone-lined depression, c. 8m NW of the oratory, may mark the site of the well noted by the OS. There is a vague tradition that it was formerly considered holy (Ó Danachair 1960, 77). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 845. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

Site of Well, Inis Mhic Aoibhleáin is associated with Saint Mochaille, a 6th-century Irish saint known for founding monastic settlements in the Dingle Peninsula area. The well is traditionally linked to healing and pilgrimage, with local folklore suggesting it was a site of spiritual and physical cure, particularly for eye ailments and general infirmities.

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