On the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, the site is marked as Tobernamon, an Irish place name that translates as Well of the Women. The name alone suggests a story: holy wells dedicated to female saints or associated with women's rituals are scattered across Ireland, often linked to Brigid or local virgin martyrs, to cures for ailments particular to women, or to pattern days where communities gathered on a saint's feast. The name Tobernamon fits neatly into that tradition, which makes the reality of this particular well quietly interesting.

When the site was examined on the ground, no religious associations were found. There are no votive offerings, no carved stonework, no traces of a pattern day or a patron saint. The well is simply a natural spring, one of countless such sources that rise across the Tipperary landscape, valued for generations as a reliable source of fresh water. The name it carries on the historic map may reflect a long-forgotten local use or custom, a memory of women gathering at this particular source, perhaps to draw water or to wash, that passed into the place name without leaving any other material trace. Irish place names frequently preserve this kind of compressed social history, recording who used a space and how, long after the practice itself has disappeared.