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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 58

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    St Mary's Well, and Church
    In my townland there is a holy well. It is called St Mary's Well. People take water from it when want a cure for some ailment as they believe there is a cure in the water from this well especially for sprains. The field in which the well is belongs to Miss Houston, Killyverry, Newtowncunningham.
    People of this district say that there was a church there also in olden times. I heard my father say that he heard it was called St Mary's Church. The townland Killyverry probably got its name on that account. (Cille a Mhuire) Although there are no traces or old ruins of it, most people believe that there was one there.
    Kathleen Toye,
    Killyverry,
    Newtowncunningham,
    Co. Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Toye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killyverry, Co. Donegal