St. Patricks Stone

In the centre of a T-junction, embedded in a low concrete island surrounded by small stones embedded in the cement with cement kerbing. The bullaun stone, an amorphous boulder (diam. 0.44m x 0.5m) with two, roughly circular depression, the largest (diam. 0.19m x 0.2m; D c. 0.1m) and the smaller (diam. 0.17m x 0.15m; D c. 0.7m). The bullaun stone has been painted green. The boulder is limestone according to the Power (1908, 25) and is associated with St. Patrick who is supposed to have knelt on the stone, leaving an imprint of his knees (ibid). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

St. Patrick's Stone is likely associated with the early Christian period, possibly serving as a holy or ritual site linked to the veneration of St. Patrick or earlier pre-Christian traditions. Such bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, including the anointing of the sick or as pilgrimage markers, and may have had both Christian and prehistoric spiritual significance.