Indicated

Indicated on the 1938 'OS 6-inch' map. The OS Letters refer to a well SE of the old church (LH017-015001-) called Tober Phadraig. The same well seems to have been later called St. Brigid's Well (MacIvor 1956, 403). Tradition claims St. Patrick struck a spring beside the cave at Stickillin and that afterwards it was called Patrick's Stream (Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts 670, 12). It lies in a hollow on the slope of a low ridge and is circular and drystone lined (diam. 1.38m; D 1.68m). When inspected by ASI in 1966 it was almost dried up and an iron pump with a concrete trough had been erected at it. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 20 June 2012

Linked to St. Brigid, the well was traditionally associated with healing and fertility rituals. Local tradition held that the well's waters had curative properties, particularly for women's ailments and to ensure safe childbirth.