What is recorded here

That is the origin of the name. Bullaun means a saint's cell or a place of prayer. The story says a holy person sat beside that stone and prayed until the rock wore a hole. The church and graveyard kept the place alive long after the person disappeared. The stone still holds the shape of patience.

This bullaun stone is lying against the S wall of the medieval church (GA009D014001-) in the graveyard (GA009D014002-) at the SE end of Inishbofin Island. The stone (0.8m E-W; 0.61m N-S) is subrectangular in plan and the basin is roughly circular (0.39m E-W; 0.37m N-S; D 0.29m). There is a large hole (0.16m E-W; 0.13m N-S) at the base of the basin. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 June 2018

This bullaun stone likely dates to the early Christian period and may have been used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, such as an altar or baptismal font. Its placement near a medieval church suggests continuity of sacred use in the landscape.

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