What is recorded here

Two whitethorn trees at St Bridget’s Well in County Leitrim wore rags each February, marking the saint’s feastday with visible prayer. They stand bare now inside a small beech plantation, stripped of their festive clothing but perhaps still holding the shape of that old devotion.

Two whitethorn trees at St Bridget’s Well (LE031-127001-) are known to have been festooned with rags around the time of the saint’s feastday (1st Feb.) in the past but they are now bare within a small beech plantation. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 September, 2015

Linked to St Bridget, the site is associated with healing and protective charms, with the tradition of hanging rags on the whitethorn trees as offerings for health and well-being, particularly around her feast day on 1st February. Such customs reflect broader Celtic and Christian syncretic practices connected to sacred trees and wells.

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