St Brigids Well

Marked on the 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map as 'St Brigid's Well'. Covered with a corbelled canopy of stone that was constructed between 1900 and 1924; before this it had a clay canopy (CLAJ 1966, 115). Partial excavations by L. Connor revealed a deep cutting at the front of the well face (CLAJ 1966, 125-9). There is a tradition that a skull lay beside the well and that people drank from it to cure headaches (IFC Schools MSS 660, 340). It was also claimed to cure rheumatism and other pains (IFC Schools MSS 670, 8). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 November 2011

Linked to St Brigid of Kildare, the well is associated with healing and fertility traditions. It was a site of pilgrimage and veneration, with its stone canopy replacing an earlier clay structure, reflecting its long-standing spiritual significance in the local landscape.