What is recorded here

St. Patrick’s Font in Churchpark, County Mayo, is a large stone block sunk so deep that only a shallow central hollow and a narrow dip remain visible above ground. Local tradition claims the water in that hollow cured warts, turning a buried stone into a place of touch, hope and small miracles. The font still lies thirty metres north of the graveyard, waiting for hands that remember why the earth holds it.

Deeply embedded in a small roughly oval, flat-topped earth and stone rise (5m NE−SW; 3.7m NW−SE; H 0.35m) on level ground 30m N of a graveyard (MA103-002002-) which encloses a church (MA103-002001-). A large stone block (max. dim. c. 0.8m) with a central circular depression (diam. 38m; D 0.16m) in its upper surface. A narrow shallow dip or break (0.09m) extends from one edge of the stone to the central hollow. The stone is sunk in the ground, with its top flush with surrounding ground level, and it is not possible to determine its full size. It is named ‘St. Patrick’s Font’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map, and according to local tradition, water in the central hollow was used as a cure for warts. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

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