St. Patrick's Chair is a rock cut throne that sits on top of a ridge above the 'well'. With the collection of other seat shaped rocks it looks more like "St. Patrick's Three Piece Suite".
The 'well' is actually the bullaun stone, which is said "never to run dry" - this is not surprising as the site is like a mini rain forest! The little grove has loads of ferns and every rock drips with water. It is a single bullaun cut into the top corner of a large rock outcrop. Between it and the chair above are two Rag Trees, where people have left many offerings.
The sign at the car park calls it an ancient druidic centre. This certainly wouldn't surprise me, but I'd like to know on what grounds they say this, beyond tourism. What ancient references do they have?
Not surprisingly for a bullaun stone, the site was originally dedicated to St. Brigit and probably the goddess Brigid before that. The water from the bullaun is credited with all sorts of cures, but like most it is mainly a wart removal machine.
To actually find the chair and well from the car park follow the track to the gate and then take the path down to the right and then go straight on up the steps and along the ridge. Once again, this site is very badly signposted until you get there.
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