St Declan’s stone on Ardmore beach

This is one of the pilgrim sites associated with the fifth-century St Declan of Ardmore, Co. Waterford. Tradition claims that the saint's bell had been left behind in Wales but the sacred object was miraculously conveyed back to Ardmore floating on this rock. On the saint’s feast day, 24 July, pilgrims seek a cure for arthritis by creeping under the stone.