Culture

One of a series of medieval parish church sites in this corner of West Waterford. Hacketstown church was a chapel of ease for Ardmore parish ie. its location far from Ardmore was to facilitate parishioners who lived at the distant end of the parish.

Our Lady of the Assumption Church built in 1839, the cast iron bell is dated 1847.

Busy national school for Grange parish. The small triangle of grass by the roadside is also the site of post-medieval church which preceded the nearby Grange church.

Ruin of a medieval parish church within a graveyard. An early medieval ogham stone marks a modern grave.

Cemetery in the parish of Ardmore, West Waterford.

Situated in Dysert townland this holy well is believed to have been the site of a hermitage for St. Declan. There are no visible remains of any such fifth century archaeology at the site. The holy well structure is believed to have been built after 1798 and it is a key site in the commemoration of St. Declan. The church in ruins is probably the first medieval parish church in Ardmore - representing a parochial church organisation structure while the graveyard with the cathedral and round tower were part of a site with monastic origins.

A glacial erratic stone prominent in folklore associated with the fifth century St. Declan. The stone with a bell atop is said to have floated to this location leading Declan to choose it as his religious base. The stone is believed to have healing properties. Clambering beneath the stone, at low tide around St. Declan's Pattern Day (mid-Summer, 24 July) is believed to have a cure for back problems.