Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dawros Lower,dawros Upper, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dawros Lower,dawros Upper
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA016-051----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to local information, there was a holy well in Dawros td. called 'Tobar Padraig'. At the well, a stone with some holes in it was traditionally believed to mark St Patrick's footsteps and stations were held there on St Patrick's day. The site was subsequently bulldozed and the stone broken up. Not located: it is unclear whether the well lay in Dawros Upper or Dawros Lower.
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