What is recorded here
On E side of Fuagh Leo (Ooghleo on OS 6-inch map) on S shore of the island. Tobar Leo consists of a small irregularly shaped natural rockpool on a ledge, fed from a spring in the rock face above it. (O'Flanagan 1927b, Vol. 1, 486; Westropp 1911, 74)
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
Toberleo is associated with Saint Leo, a lesser-known early Irish saint, and is traditionally linked to cures for eye ailments and general healing. The well’s location on a rocky ledge suggests it may have been a site of pilgrimage and ritual washing, common in early Christian and pre-Christian Irish traditions.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Dun Mor CliffsCliff · 1.1 mi
West Quarter BeachBeach / strand · 1.7 mi
CarrickmoreIslet · 1.8 mi
North BeachBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
PollatlooaCave · 2.0 mi
Barrack PointHeadland · 2.2 mi
Vincent Josef O'HalloranMemorial · 2.4 mi