What is recorded here

St Fachtnas Well in County Cork is a rectangular concrete pit where water still flows through a gated wall. It is a modernised ritual site, yet the clear movement of the water keeps the old purpose alive. People may have visited for healing, remembrance or quiet prayer, trusting the well to hold what words cannot.

Modernised; now consists of rectangular pit, lined with concrete and filled with water flowing from it. Surrounded by wall, access through gate. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

St Fachtnas Well is associated with St Fachtnas, an early Irish Christian saint believed to have been a 6th-century monastic founder and hermit. The well is traditionally linked to cures for eye ailments and skin diseases, and it was once a site of pilgrimage and seasonal holy well customs.

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