What is recorded here

Toberreendoney, the Well of the King of Sunday, still gives clean water though a concrete box now strangles its ancient throat. People walked distant roads to circle that spring on Sundays until about 1910, believing the king named in its title could touch their bones or memories. The concrete is a modern scar, but the king may still breathe underneath, waiting for footsteps busy enough to remember why they came.

Toberreendoney/Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh (Sunday Well: Well of the King of Sunday) A spring now enclosed by a concrete container. Rounds were made up until about 1910, chiefly on Sundays (Ó Danachair 1960, 76). See attached photographs of Toberreendoney, taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00122 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16818; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/35493; F025.18.00124 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/39808. See attached colour photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 947. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 April 2022

Linked to Saint Mic an Domhnaigh, the well was traditionally visited on Sundays for healing and spiritual purposes. The name "Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh" (Well of the King of Sunday) suggests a connection to early Christian rituals and the veneration of Sunday as a sacred day.

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