The Holy Well of Ahachoura is dedicated to St. Fursey. The well’s water cures blindness as the saint was said to have cured his own blindness at the well. The well is lined by a “coursed stone” and fed by a natural spring. Many coins line the bottom of the well and there is a stone with a cross etched into it at the top of the well.
Further information, prayers or rituals associated with the site:
Its pattern day is traditionally on the last Sunday of July. Stations of the Cross were added to the pilgrimage in the 19th century–starting at the well and leading up the mountain.
