School: Malahide (B.)
- Location:
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Ó Haodha
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- There is a well near Donabate called Chink Well. There was a great number of children cured from the Whooping-cough by drinking the water. Chink Well is in a big rock. The field in which it is situated is owned by the Portrane Asylum.
There is another well in Howth called St. Fintan's which has had a great number of cures. A great number of people come from Dublin to visit it. There is a lone bush over the well and almost every person ties a piece of cloth on the bush. Some people(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christopher Langan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Dublin