Tobernaheena

In overgrown area, on S floodplain of River Blackwater. Area of well dry and overgrown. No longer in holy use. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 225) as holy well called 'Tobar-na-hAoine - Friday Well' where rounds were paid on Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the year. He adds that 'A hood is over this well being capped by a large flagstone, on which it is said mass was offered up during the Penal Days.' (ibid.). McCarthy (1991, 88) noted that mass was offered here 'in the bad times'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Tobernaheena, also known as Friday Well, was historically associated with devotional practices involving rounds paid on Fridays, likely linked to early Christian or pre-Christian traditions. The well's name and ritual suggest a connection to weekly pilgrimage or prayer customs, though no specific saint or cure is recorded in the available sources.