What is recorded here

Marked as the site of a Fairy Bush at Fairy Bush crossroads, a five-road junction, on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a rise with the N-S ridge of Carrickadhirra rising over it c. 600m to the NNE. The location is known locally and was situated inside the field bank on the NW side of the road junction. According to Power (1906, 39) there may have been a cairn associated with it, but nothing is now visible at ground level. Power, Rev. P. (1906a) The place-names of the Decies WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011

Linked to local fairy folklore, the Fairy Bush at Harristown is associated with beliefs in otherworldly beings and may have been a site of ancient ritual or reverence. Such locations were often considered liminal spaces where the veil between the human and fairy realms was thin, and offerings or acts of respect were thought necessary to avoid fairy wrath.

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