School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)
- Location:
- Stradbally, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: An tSr. Ióseph
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- Boy's sight restoredA farmer who lived in the next townland had a son named Domnic whose sight was lost as a result of a serious illness. The stepmother brought him to Tobar Cill-Aodh on nine successive mornings before sunrise praying fervently for the child's cure.
On the 7th morning the boy cried out to the stepmother - "Mam I see the ditches". "God be praised" exclaimed the woman. On the 8th visit he called out - "Mam I see the Ballyvooney houses". (These were on the opposite hill.) Again the woman praised God. And on the 9th and last visit the boy said "Mam, I see the sky and sea".(continues on next page)- Informant
- Thomas O' Flynn
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stradbally More, Co. Waterford