What is recorded here

Bullaun stones mark wells where people believed they drank clarity or courage. In Ré Na Ndoirí, one such stone lies beside Reananeree church, its hollow worn by hands that no longer remember their own names. It may have come from the older church of St Lachtaín in Cloheena, carried across townland like a promise refused to be forgotten. The water does not need belief to be clean, but it has always sounded like company.

One of two bullaun stones (CO069-024002-) in grounds of Reananeree Roman Catholic church. Large irregular stone (H 0.15m; 1.15m x 0.8m) with off-centre circular hollow (diam. 0.3m; D 0.15m) on flat upper surface. According to Murphy (1898, 18), removed here from site of St Lachtaín's church within possible early ecclesiastical site (CO069-032----) in neighbouring townland of Cloheena. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a site for pilgrimages. Such stones are often associated with local saints and may have had both religious and folkloric significance in the community.

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