Trinity Well

Marked on the 1835 and 1938 'OS 6-inch' maps as 'Trinity Well'. The OS Letters refer to a formal station here on Trinity Sunday in the mid-nineteenth century (CLAJ 1929, 54). Described in 1967 (ASI field notes) as an 'irregular small pool, lined with small boulders which face the cavity in the ground. It has a modern stone lintelled roof laid on iron fragments (of a bed). An irregular path of stone steps lead down to well.' Various traditions and legends associated with it. St. Patrick is believed to have visited it and the marks of his feet are said to be left on a stone (IFC Schools' Mss 669, 4). It was also believed that the first person to draw water from it on Christmas Eve would find it had turned into wine (ibid). A bullaun stone (LH017-038002) lies beside it. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 20 June 2012

Linked to the Christian feast of Trinity Sunday, the well was historically associated with a formal religious station in the mid-19th century, suggesting a tradition of pilgrimage or prayer. Local customs may have included visiting the well on Trinity Sunday for blessings or healing, though specific cures or folklore are not well documented.