School: Behey (roll number 8222)
- Location:
- Behy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Meadhbh, Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 47
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- (continued from previous page)and drank. People tell that there was never a well there before that day. There is supposed to be a holy well of Armstrongs of Parkhill- This place was a monastery and the present house was built with the stones of the monastery. An old graveyard is also said to be there. A legend is told about the well, That one of the Artstongs who settled in the place one day caught a trout in the well. It was put on a frying pan to cook but instantly leaped off the pan and made out the door and back into the well again. Other Wells.Tobar nagelos [?].- A spring well on the farm of William McCool of Cashelard. The March well on John Coghlan’s farm of Behey. The Spa well on Edward Gallinagh’s farm in Behey.
