Killerry
Miscellaneous Site
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Sligo
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Grid Ref
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G 777 307 |
OS Sheet |
25 |
Longitude
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8° 20' 30.99" W |
Latitude
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54° 13' 28.62" N |
Nearest Town
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Dromahair (2.7Km) |
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Some Nearby Mountains:
Slieve Daeane |
6.5Km (W) |
Carns |
8.1Km (WNW) |
Leean Mountain |
8.6Km (NNE) |
Carran Hill |
12.1Km (SSE) |
Carrickbanagher |
14.1Km (SW) |
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Visit Notes
| Prev Site | | Deciding whether to put this on megalithomania has caused me some deep contemplation, but because it appears in a top-selling guide book I can't see that I can put it under further threat. In fact, placing it on here might add a little protection to it.
When I first saw a picture of this I thought it was a bullaun, but it isn't. What we have here are seven large, river rolled pebbles on a flat slab, now cracked in two. These are 'cure stones', which have a lovely bit of lore attached to them.
“A friend of the sufferer goes to Killery and brings a piece of thread, which should in strictness be unbleached linen, though this condition is not always adhered to. On arrival at the place, the thread is wrapped around the peg-like stone; the round stones are then turned separately while a prayer is said; afterwards a thread left by some former visitor is taken up, brought to the patient, and bound around the affected part: the cure soon follows. This process is called ‘lifting a strain thread’. It is equally effective for the cure of horses or cattle.” - Journals of the Royal Society for the Antiquities of Ireland XLIII (1913) [taken from Early Ireland: A Field Guide by Anthony Weir]
There were fresh pieces of string tied around the 'peg-stone' when I visited, so the practice is obviously still observed today and the survival of such a thing is, to me, truly splendid. |
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Sunday, 9th May 2004 CE _ _ |
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