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"Returning to the lake shore, another notable landmark there should be considered, Saint Brigid's Chair. It is a large rock, roughly-shaped like a high-backed chair, and its is prominent even among the large boulders surrounding it. Viewed from a boat on the water, the Chair stands out sharply against the vandyke brown of hibernating heathers and the orange of wilted bracken. A few almost needleless pines, old and lonely, stand sentinel on the slopes above it. The base of the great rock is in the water. There are no marks or carvings on the stone. It is a comfortable, roomy seat, perfectly smooth, with a sloping back. There is, however, no documentary evidence that Saint Brigid ever visited this locality. The roach was originally known as Saint Dabheoc's Chair, probably down to the seventeenth century, at which period Saint Brigid's name was first attached to one of the cells on Station Island and probably also to this rock. An unusually complete view of Station Island may be had from it. Local tradition has it that Saint Brigid sat there, gazing at the Island, while waiting for a coracle to take her over."