St Brendan's Wells, spring in County Galway

What is recorded here

Map note: St Brendan's Wells is a spring in County Galway, Ireland. The name sounds lively; the map shows where the water is recorded.

St Brendan's Wells is recorded as a spring in County Galway.

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