Ritual site

Situated on the shore above the high tide mark where it is supported on a few stones. Stokes (1893) equated the local saint’s name 'Vauk' with the French saint Vogue, claiming Vogue for Ireland, but Dalton (1921, 19-20) debunks the connection and through the linguistics of what he calls the Flemish language of the Anglo-Norman settlers identifies Vauk as St. Féichín of Fore, Co. Westmeath (WM004-035003-). According to Stokes St. Vogue made the journey from Carnsore to Lan Veoc, south of the bay of Douarnenez, in Brittany, on a boulder, which then returned to Carnsore, although a fragment was left in France. All the references to the stone post-date Stokes (Mac Leighim 1920, 134-5). The stone is a large boulder (dims 2.1m x 1.5m; T 0.55m) which is now upside down, but its underside has an incised T-shaped cross, which is comprised of what are probably natural channels (Wth c. 3cm; D c. 3-4cm). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 March, 2014

St. Vogue, a 6th-century Irish saint, is traditionally associated with healing and is said to have been a companion of St. Brigid. The stone linked to her may have been used for ritual purposes, and holy wells connected to her name often feature in traditions of water cure and pilgrimage.