Toberenda

On N side of a road c. 180m W of a CBG (GA068-050----). This well, correctly Tobar Éinne, is indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map and was still evidently extant at time of 3rd ed. (1933); since completely destroyed by quarrying. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Toberenda, or Tobar Éinne, was traditionally associated with Saint Enda, a 6th-century Irish saint and founder of the monastery at Ardfert, County Kerry. The well was likely visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for skin ailments, and may have been a site of pilgrimage or local devotion before its destruction in the 20th century.