School: Moyderwell Convent of Mercy (roll number 13530)
- Location:
- Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0441, Page 326
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- (continued from previous page)The poetry has come down through the ages and the people of Inch are very proud of it.
- About a mile east of Annascaul there is a well situated in West Inch. It is a holy well. There is a common belief in the district that there is a cure in the water of the well, and the following story is connected with it.In the time of the Cromwellians a priest was "on the run." One morning while celebrating Mass in Inch Glen a band of Cromwellian soldiers came swooping down the glen. When the priest saw them he ran and they failed to find his path. He finished Mass on a huge rock near the sea in another glen further down near the sea. He washed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Foly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lack, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lack, Co. Kerry
