Located southeast of Lough-a-Lann and roughly half a mile from Stranorlar town, this modest spring has served as a site of devotion for generations. The well still bears evidence of contemporary votive offerings; tokens left by pilgrims who come here to perform stations, the traditional prayers and rituals associated with pattern days and holy wells throughout Ireland.

When the folklorist Ó Muirgheasa documented the site in 1936, he noted that people were still performing stations at the well, though unlike many holy wells that have specific feast days or pattern times, visitors to St. Brigid’s Well came throughout the year as need or devotion moved them. This flexibility in worship patterns suggests a deeply personal connection between the local community and the sacred spring, where formal religious observance blended seamlessly with folk tradition.

The well forms part of County Donegal’s rich tapestry of ritual sites, documented comprehensively in the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983. These holy wells, scattered across the Irish landscape, represent an enduring link between pre-Christian water veneration and Christian devotion; spaces where ancient beliefs about the sacred power of springs merged with the cult of saints. At St. Brigid’s Well near Lough Hill, this tradition lives on, marked by the small offerings and quiet prayers of those who still seek blessing and healing at its waters.