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School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

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Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 171

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    of an Church and a well in the middle of it. There is a cure in the well and people visit it at certain parts of the year, and take the water out of the well to cure sores and warts and things like that. It is said that in the Penal day a priest was saying mass there and the soldiers rushed in and killed him on the alter. When he fell the spring came up at his feet and formed the well it is about half a mile from Crettyard up the Gurteen road
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Fintan Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny