School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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   of the well in Moville and prayed beside it. The track of his knees can be seen in a rock beside the well.

   
   St Ultan is supposed to have lived near the Falmore Well and to have said Mass on Carraic Ultáin. He went to Meath and became bishop of it. He erected a stone cross at the well on the right bank. In 1860, Mr Nicholson, of Leitrim and Falmore, erected a new stone cross on the left bank. St. Ultan's name is written on the north side of the new cross. Long ago, the Leitrim people, if they could not get to Mass on Sunday morning, used to visit the well in the afternoon and recite the Rosary. Sometimes the Falmore people went to Carraic Ultáin to pray. Long ago, people used to make a "Turas" to the well on the first Monday of each quarter. Later on they used to go any day. When people wanted a cure they went round the cross and well three times, saying five Paters and Aves each time. When

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   History Edit

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Rose Breslin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Patrick Harkin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Moville, Co. Donegal