What is recorded here

Bád na Naomh is a large natural boulder on the County Galway shoreline, shaped like a boat and sitting below the high water mark. Local story claims St Enda or St Colm Cille sailed to Aran on it, turning an ordinary rock into a vessel that carried faith across dangerous water. The sea may have taken the men but it left their shape behind, waiting for someone reckless enough to row into legend.

A large natural boulder on the shoreline, below the high water mark, is shaped like a boat (information from T. Robinson, 1987). It is known locally as ‘Bád na Naomh’ or ‘Currach Stone’ and it is said that St Enda or St Colm Cille sailed to Aran on it (Robinson 1980). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 February 2023

St Enda, a 6th-century Irish saint and founder of the monastery at Ardfert, is traditionally associated with the site, and the boat-shaped stone is linked to legends of holy voyages or miraculous crossings. Local folklore suggests the stone was used in rituals or as a marker for pilgrimages connected to the saint.

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