What is recorded here

St. Keelans Well sits ten metres south-southeast of a Galway church, marked Tobar Cáillín on old survey maps. The name suggests a boy rather than a saint, perhaps a child remembered in water long after people stopped repeating the story that created the well.

Some 10m SSE of a church (GA076-005001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cáillín, is indicated on 1st and 2nd eds of OS 6-inch map. Not visited. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 139) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

St. Keelan (or Keelán) is traditionally associated with holy wells in Ireland, often linked to healing and fertility. The name "Tobar Cáillín" suggests a connection to a "girl's well," a term sometimes associated with sites connected to female patron saints or local folklore involving young women.

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