Wells were of paramount importance to the people of Ireland who flocked to them for supernatural protection, respectful of the water’s ability to cure. There must have been endless disappointment but, nonetheless, the early Christians adopted these wells which were, in time, rebranded as ‘holy wells’ (Tobar Beannaithe) or ‘blessed wells’ (Tobar Naofa).
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