What is recorded here

Tobercolumbkille hides in dense scrub beside Lough Carra, where a circular dry-stone wall still guards an overgrown well dedicated to St. Columbkille. People walked this wet path on Mondays and Thursdays to perform stations, trusting that repeated prayer could reshape ordinary water into mercy. The scrub has choked the entrance, but the wall remains upright, holding the shape of every knee that bent beside it.

In dense scrub, 100m from shore of Lough Carra to W. Circular dry-stone wall (diam. 3.3m N-S; H 0.9m; Wth 0.5m), with entrance on S, enclose heavily overgrown well site. Dedicated to St. Columbkille. Stations were performed here on Mondays and Thursdays (O'Donovan 1838, 32). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 644. Date of upload: 21 January 2015

Dedicated to St. Columbkille, the well is associated with traditional Catholic pilgrimage practices and is believed to have curative properties, particularly for eye ailments. The circular dry-stone enclosure suggests a long-standing devotional site, typical of early Christian holy wells in Ireland.

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