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Lough Patrick Ballinascreen , The Druids Circle & Cairn

Wonderful little spot in our parish of Ballinascreen is the very important Lough Patrick a little pilgrimage site still used to this day . Our hike was only 5 Mile round trip to the Druids Circle and back but an enjoyable morning out . Lough Patrick People believe that Lough Patrick is a place of great religious significance.Many believed the old stories about how St. Patrick was on his way through that part and having stopped to rest at the sight of where the lough now lies, some of his followers became thirsty and asked him for a drink.The saint was said to have caused a spring to gush out immediately and eventually form the lough.It is said that either St. Patrick or St.Colmcille thereafter ordered a station to be held on Mid Summers Eve every year and for some days afterwards for promoting religion and also for the cure of various bodily diseases. The Stations The visitors, in performing the station, go 3 times round the lough, praying as they go, and 9 times round a small terrace which stands at the south end of the lough and is called the tummock. At the end of the station, any person who suffers from any kind of ailment, may be dipped in the lough and a remnant of their clothing or a lock of their hair or even some pins ,as a symbol of that ailment being left behind on the tummock. This tummock would have been covered with relics left behind by the pilgrims and there used to be a ring completely sunk around it , made by the knees of those praying. The Cairn Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present. In modern times, cairns are often erected as landmarks, a use they have had since ancient times. However, since prehistory, they have also been built and used as burial monuments; for defense and hunting; for ceremonial purposes, sometimes relating to astronomy; to locate buried items, such as caches of food or objects; and to mark trails, among other purposes. The Druids Circle The size of this one is 12 Stones in a 27 ft circle bet 5ft and 2ft high. Stone circles are ancient and mysterious indeed.  The experts believe that when stone circles were built they served many possible purposes including trading sites and gathering places, as well as centers for rituals and ceremonies A Druid Druid, member of the learned class among the ancient Celts. druid was a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts. While they were reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form.  The Giants Grave The ruins of a Crumlic (cromlech) locally called the Giants Grave the entire monument covers an area of 21 X 24 feet and enclosed and divided into sub divisions by large stones set on their ends and sides in the ground and seemed to be covered by large canopy cap stones. Many of the remaining stones have been dislodged over time but still remains an extensive chambered grave. The Crannog A crannog is a type of stronghold that was built by some of the early peoples of Ireland. An artificially constructed site for a house or settlement, a crannog was usually built on an islet or in the shallows of a lake. Crannogs were made of timber or sometimes stone, and they were usually fortified by single or double stockaded defenses. Crannogs range in time from the Late Bronze Age into Middle Ages.