Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Ballina (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballina (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Rock
- Coordinates
- 54.12105, -9.16282
- SMR number
- MA030-052005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the W side of the main Ballina-Killala road, opposite a holy well (MA030-052003-).
This holy stone is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, but is named 'St. Patrick's Rock' on the 1930 edition. It consists of a boulder, on which according to local information, a granite cross (MA030-052004-) was once mounted. According to tradition a rag bush once stood nearby.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.