 St Brigid's Well in Tobersool is an ancient holy well reputedly associated with a cure for diseases of the eye.In 1870, the first authentic game of polo in Ireland was played on Gormanston Strand involving the 9th Lancers, who were at the time quartered in the country.Gormanston Castle was, from the 14th century to the 1950s, the seat of the Preston family, who managed to hold on to their estate lands through the centuries despite being staunch Catholics.