What is recorded here

Tober Felim is a holy well in low-lying pasture, County Longford. It flows without walls or marks, yet people still call it holy because water rising untouched in damp ground has always felt like the earth remembering prayer. A possible ecclesiastical enclosure lies a short distance to the northwest, suggesting the well may have belonged to an older religious landscape before the fields took it back.

In low-lying pasture. This natural unenclosed spring well is known locally as a holy well. A possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LF011-024----) lies c. 175m NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013

Toberfelim is traditionally associated with Saint Fillan (Felim), a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary. The well is believed to have curative properties, particularly for eye ailments, and was historically visited on Saint Felim's feast day, 29 September, with rituals involving the collection of the first water of the morning.

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