Folk Monuments
April 19, 2026 2026-04-19 22:51Folk Monuments
Folk Monuments
Scholar’s chairs, split rocks, mermaid stones, hoof-prints and the other marks left on the landscape of Tír Fhiachrach.
Scattered across the old O’Dubhda country — along the coast road, on hilltop pastures, in forgotten field corners — are small monuments that barely register on tourist maps but carry the bone-memory of this place. Some are formal commemorations. Others are glacial boulders that local tradition has given a story. We are gathering them here, one at a time, with clear directions, photographs, and what is actually known about each.
If you know one we have missed, or have a better photograph than ours, please get in touch.
In the pipeline
More monument pages are being researched. Next up:
- Split Rock of Easky — the great glacial boulder cleft in two, roadside on the R297
- Baron Vigors’ tomb, Ardnaree
- The Horse Hoof stone
- The Black Pig — trackway and legend
For the Mermaid Rocks — the stones at Thady Rua’s headland that are said to weep when an O’Dubhda dies — see the Scurmore page under Ancient & Sacred Sites.
A Note from the Clan
This section is built piece by piece as we visit, photograph, and research each site. Many of these monuments have little or no presence online — if you have local knowledge, an old photograph, or a story passed down, please share it.
Get in touch with corrections or contributions.
