School: Rathmorrel (roll number 10545)

Location:
Rathmorrel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Anraoí Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 019

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 019

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  1. XML School: Rathmorrel
  2. XML Page 019
  3. XML “Holy Wells - Tobar na Súl”
  4. XML “Tobar na Súl - Another Account”

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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerald Lawlor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Kerry
  2. This is how the well came to be known. A little holy girl lived next the place, in a lonely house on the side of a mountain. With her in this house were two maids, who were very holy also. One evening as she and her maids were praying in the chapel a stranger came in and told her, that there were men on horseback coming across the mountain to steal her. When she heard this, she said they they may fall
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