What is recorded here

Toberairin Broin, St. Brone's well in County Cork, sits twenty metres from an early ecclesiastical enclosure, now trapped inside a concrete cage rather than offering living water. The shift from sacred drinking place to buried memory suggests people forgot the prayer but kept the shape of the hole. St. Brone may have given the water identity, while later hands gave it a prison.

In pasture, 20m NW of early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO147-006002-). Well now encased in concrete; no longer in holy use. Known as 'Toberairin Broin (St. Brone's well)'. (O'Donoghue 1986, 5). 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: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Linked to St. Brónach (or Brone), the well was historically associated with healing traditions and may have been visited for its curative properties. The name "Toberairin Broin" reflects a long-standing local devotion to the saint, though the site is no longer used for religious purposes.

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