What is recorded here

Toberachomma is a holy well in Cloonmore (ballintober North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. A rectangular bullaun stone with a circular basin serves as the well at the south side of a grass-covered penitential cairn made of fist-sized stones. Cloonmore church site is about 180m to the west.

On a level landscape. A rectangular bullaun stone (RO030-005002-) (dims 0.6m x 0.4m; H 0.3m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.2m) which serves as the well is at the S side of a grass-covered penitential cairn (RO030-005003-) (dims 10m E-W; 7m N-S; max. H 1.2m) of fist-sized stones. Cloonmore church site (RO030-004002-) is c. 180m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Toberachomma is associated with Saint Comma, a 7th-century Irish monk and hermit known for his ascetic practices; the site's bullaun stone and penitential cairn suggest it was used for pilgrimage and ritual washing, with local tradition linking the well to cures for skin ailments and general purification.

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