School: Shanbogh, New Ross (roll number 5297)
- Location:
- Shanbogh Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)their present position they would not have interfered with any ploughing.
There is, however, in the same field and about one hundred yards from St. Fintans Well, a second well. This is a very small one in comparison with St Fintan's which is about five feet in diameter. This small well very often ceases to exist but its site is marked by a huge stone from the base of which the well springs. This stone is definitely a very old one. It is so big that I wouldn't wonder at anyone getting a pain in his back if he tried to shift it.
This particular stone has a hole in it as if it once held an iron bar, but, so far I have been unable to trace the origin of it.
