What is recorded here

Tobernacroiseneeve holds two dried wells on the reputed site of Cappagh Church in County Galway, where mortared and drystone walls still frame forgotten water. A tree broke the first wall while the second waits behind overgrowth, suggesting that life and memory still move through the stones. People may have knelt at these basins before the water vanished, turning ritual into silence.

Occupying the reputed site of 'Cappagh Church' (GA005-027002-) (Neary 1914, 126, no. 62). Two dried-up holy wells are visible: a spring well enclosed by a rectangular mortared stone wall (N-S 4m, E-W 1.6m) opening out to SE via a water channel, above which lies a small rectangular opening; the wall has collapsed at NW due to the growth of a tree. The second well, to W, is overgrown and enclosed by a drystone wall (NNE-SSW 1.7m) on W, N and E sides, it opens out to S; a single step gives access to it. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 24) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to Saint Croise or Croisen Eve, the well is associated with healing traditions, particularly for eye ailments. The site's connection to a former church suggests a long-standing Christian and folkloric heritage in the area.

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