What is recorded here

Toberancurraheen is a small holy well in Knocklong East, County Limerick, identified in some accounts as the water that sprang up during the siege of Knocklong. The 1840 Ordnance Survey map marked it as a blessed well, preserving a local reputation that may have grown from crisis, devotion or memory. The site may now be modest or overgrown, but the name still points to a moment when the landscape itself answered human danger.

Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberancurraheen on 1840 map. "A blessed well". OSNB. This well is identified by some as that which sprang up at the siege of Knocklong (see no. 75 above). Lenihan, Limerick, its History and Antiquities, 735'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 July 2019

This holy well, Toberancurraheen, is traditionally associated with a local legend surrounding the siege of Knocklong, where it is said a spring miraculously appeared. The well was considered blessed, reflecting its spiritual and possibly healing significance in the area.

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