What is recorded here

Croagh North holds a granite bullaun stone marked by a deep oval hollow, the kind of place where devotion becomes muscle memory. It sits beside Rathborney church, waiting for hands that know prayer as repetition rather than performance. The stone does not need explanation; it invites the body to remember what arrogance forgets.

Situated within the graveyard (CL005-027003-) at Rathborney church (CL005-027002-) just outside the ESE sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (CL005-027001-). A undressed granite bullaun stone (L 1.1m; Wth 0.82m; T 0.32m) with a single centrally placed oval hollow (L 0.45m; Wth 0.43cm; D 0.27m). The following image has been uploaded: CL005-027005-_01.jpg View of bullaun (Large 2011) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 26 January 2022

Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–9th centuries AD) and may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a symbolic Christian adaptation of earlier prehistoric traditions. Such stones are often associated with local saints or folklore related to healing and pilgrimage.

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