The example at Lagile, in County Cork, sits on a south-west-facing slope, that orientation being a common feature of such sites, where a hillside position allows the spring to emerge naturally and, in many cases, to catch the afternoon light in a way that may once have carried its own significance.

The record for this well is spare, which is itself not unusual. Countless holy wells across Cork and Kerry were noted by local communities and used for generations without attracting much formal documentation. They functioned as places of pattern days, of quiet individual prayer, of cures sought for eye complaints or skin conditions, the particular ailment often dictated by local tradition and the name of the saint to whom the well was dedicated. Without further detail surviving for Lagile, the well stands in that large category of sites whose meaning was carried in practice and memory rather than in written record.