Bullaun stone (present location) in Carrowntemple

Outside the Roman Catholic church at Four Roads. This is a triangular limestone slab (dims 0.93m x 0.82m; H 0.3m) with a single basin (diam. 0.4-0.42m; D 0.25m), which was moved here in the 1990s from Taghboy church (RO-044-079001-). See the attached image Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone was traditionally used for ritual purification, possibly in Christian or pre-Christian contexts. Such stones are often associated with holy sites and local folklore, believed to have healing or spiritual properties.