What is recorded here
On the SE shore of Annaghmore Lough. Described as a holy well by J. O'Donovan in 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 24). There is no evidence of a well at this location.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Tober Patrick is traditionally associated with Saint Patrick and may have been a site of pilgrimage or veneration linked to the saint’s legendary travels in Ireland. Though no well remains at the site, such locations were often believed to possess healing properties and were used in local Christian and pre-Christian rituals.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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