St Brigid's Well

The well lies in the old graveyard on the Hill of Faughart, north-west of a ruined late medieval church, and is known as St Brigid's Well. Faughart is traditionally said to be the birthplace of St Brigid, but the sources present this as tradition rather than established fact. The church is dedicated to her. A flight of stone steps leads down to the well, which is covered by a corbelled stone ca...