What is recorded here
Fairy Bush is a whitethorn bush in County Laois, Ireland, marked as a ritual site on every OS map. People may have gathered there to honour the unseen, tying ribbons or leaving offerings beneath its white flowers. The bush still stands in the local landscape, carrying that old belief in its name.
Whitethorn bush marked as Fairy Bush on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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