Well of the Seven Daughters — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Seven daughers gave up their lives to stop a great famine. They threw themselves into the rock and became the water that still flows. The clergy buried the cursing stone beneath the ground because they feared what the people remembered. Coins remain visible inside the well, proof that the daughers are still listening and the bargain still works.

On the townland boundary in a shallow valley c. 120m NNE of a church of the same name (GA009-004----). Known locally as Tobar na Seacht nlníon, it consists of a natural spring, revetted by stone, and covered by a flat circular stone. A number of coins are visible within it. The OS Letters state that 'There was formerly at this well a flag stone called Leac na seacht n-inghion... which was made the same use of as Leac Féichin [see GA026-009----; i.e. a cursing stone]...but some of the clergy caused it to be buried under ground “for special weighty reasons” ' (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 27). (Killanin 1954, 99-100; Tully Cross I.C.A. 1985, 7-8) 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

Linked to a local legend of seven daughters who, according to folklore, once lived in the area and were associated with healing waters. The well is traditionally visited for cure of skin ailments and general health, with offerings of coins and ribbons left at the site.

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