Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Carrownacross (gallen By., Kildacommoge Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownacross (gallen By., Kildacommoge Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA070-166002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located adjacent to a holy well (MA070-166001-). In 1838 OS Letters, O’Donovan recorded that 'There was formerly a tree at this place, around which the people were in the habit of fastening by a noose, cords (búaracha) that were used in tying cows. The Roman Catholic Bishop …got the tree cut down in order to prevent the people from getting on with such ceremonies.’ (O'Flanagan 1927, 370 (152))
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: January 2018
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Mayo collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.