Holy well in Aghintober

Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. A well dedicated to St Bridget is an unlined rectangular hollow (dims 1.1m N-S; 0.85m E-W; D 0.7m) with a cross-slab (H 0.66m plus; Wth 0.28m; T 6cm) retaining the W side (Ward 1990, 77). The cross-slab has a deeply-incised ringed cross with a double-ring (diam. of head 0.28m). The well is still visited on the saint’s feastday (1st Feb.). It has a sandy bottom with some water and there are two whitethorns there which are known to have been festooned with rags in the past but are bare now. The well is within a small beech plantation that is c. 10 years old. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 September, 2015

The holy well is dedicated to St Brigid, a major figure in early Irish Christianity, often associated with healing, fertility, and protection. Traditionally, wells dedicated to her were visited for curing ailments, especially those related to women's health, and were often marked with crosses or stone carvings.