05-11-2026, 09:40 AM
Spent all last Saturday exploring back roads and taking random country roads that I came across. Stumbled across a remote graveyard which has plots at least 350 years old. It is home to the grave of a notable member of the 1798 Rebellion (against the English) Sam MacAllister (often spelled as McAllister). It has a "St Brigids Well", these are dotted all over Ireland and this one you can drink the water off it as it runs out into small stream. There is also an old stone step with supporting rocks called "The Gates of Heaven". Local tradition holds that carrying a coffin between these two standing stones ensures the deceased goes straight to heaven. They are believed to be the remaining orthostats of a prehistoric tomb, but no one really knows for sure.
