This holy well, though absent from the earliest Ordnance Survey maps of 1836, appears named on later 25-inch plans and the 1952-4 maps. Local memory recorded in the 1930s recalls it as ‘St. Colmcille’s Holy Well, at the Three Ash Trees, beside the Washpool River’, where religious stations were held until around 1890.

Today, the well itself has vanished from sight. Beneath the ash trees, visitors will find only spreads of loose, moss-covered stones and low heaps of rubble, all tangled in thick brambles. At the southern base of the middle tree, a small cavity measuring roughly 22 by 24 centimetres remains, partially defined by an arc of small stones on its western edge. Whether this depression relates to the original well is uncertain; during recent inspections, no water was found within it.

The site is now enclosed by post and wire fencing, creating a rectangular area of about 9 by 5 metres around the trees. A fenced green path connects this remnant of Ireland’s religious landscape to the N15 road to the east, allowing curious visitors to explore where generations once came to draw water and say their prayers. Though the holy well no longer flows, the ash trees continue to stand sentinel over this forgotten piece of Donegal’s spiritual heritage.