Saint Cummin’s Holy Well, Oughterard Location: Lemonfield, Oughterard. Latitude : 53.42 Longitude: -9.30 Street View: https://goo.gl/wI8grF Attribution: Saint Cummin Saints Day: October 15 Celebration: Pilgrimage Offerings: Religious Items Curative Powers: Unknown Saint Cummins holy well is located in Lemonfield. The well would indicate that the area was of great significance inhabitants of the region. Records show that local people would take off their hats and make a slight bow to it. During the Cholera epidemic in 1832 people living near the well peeled off the bark of ancient ash trees which grew over it, in order to use it as a remedy for cholera.
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