What is recorded here

Tober Patrick is a penitential holy well on an east-facing slope in County Galway, where a narrow northern entrance forces a person into a circular drystone chamber barely large enough for kneeling. The chamber has lost its roof and part of its eastern wall, yet the spring still gives water through the broken stone. A visitor may have crawled in during storms or fever, believing that bodily suffering could clean what thought alone would not touch.

On E-facing slope of a slight rise. A spring well contained within an unroofed circular drystone chamber (D c. 2.25m) with a narrow entrance (Wth 0.3m) at N. Some collapse has occurred along E. Traditionally used as a penitential station. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to Saint Patrick, the well is associated with early Christian pilgrimage and healing traditions. Local folklore suggests it was used for ritual washing or as a site of penitential practices, possibly connected to the nearby bullaun stone for blessing or curing purposes.

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