Tobereendoney Well

Located on the E bank of a S-N stream in an undulating landscape. A natural spring rising from the rock was a place of pilgrimage until the 1850s, when a pattern was held on Garland Sunday, the last Sunday in July, to celebrate Lughnasa until the veneration was transferred to a well (LE027-079003-) closer to Kiltoghert church (MacNeill 1962, 606). There is local knowledge of this well was venerated up to the 1940s. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Tobereendoney Well is associated with Saint Fawn, a 7th-century Irish saint known for his ascetic life and healing miracles. The well was historically visited for its supposed curative powers, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and pattern-day celebrations.