Toberoran, holy well in County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated in a marshy hollow in an upland area with a nearby church (TN028-025) to the NW. A circular well (diam. 2.3m E-W; D 0.75m) enclosed by a drystone wall surviving three courses high with a small stream flowing out from the N face of the well (FitzPatrick 1985b, 134-43). Dedicated to St Odhran with a pilgrimage to the well on August 15th. The OS Letters describe the well as possessing curative properties for sore eyes and headaches. Cures were obtained by placing a stone on top of your head. Stations at the well were performed on the 27th of October (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 192). Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN028-031

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