What is recorded here

In wettish pasture, NNE of well (MA117-031004-). An active spring emerging in marsh. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 658. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

Linked to St Feicin, the well is traditionally associated with cures for skin ailments and general healing. St Feicin was an early Irish monk and founder of a monastery in Co. Louth, and holy wells dedicated to him often feature in folklore as sites of pilgrimage and miraculous healing.

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