What is recorded here

Tobereenavoher is a holy well in Callaras Oughter, County Cork, where people still walk on the feast of St Eoin. It was dry when last seen, yet local memory keeps returning it to water, prayer and summer heat. The name resists easy translation, but the place does not need explanation; it waits for the body to remember what the tongue cannot say.

Holy well known locally as 'Tobereenavoher' in the townland of Callaras Oughter (Callraí Uachtarach/callow of the wood) in the parish of Kilmoe (Cill Mua) in the barony of Carbery West. Presumably a natural spring, dry when visited. Possibly still in holy use. According to local information, [the well was] visited long ago on 23 June, the feast of St Eoin. See attached photograph of holy well still in use, courtesy of Finola Finlay The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 29 April 2022 Images 02, 03 , 04 , 05 provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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