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School: Baile an Spidéail (roll number 467)

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Ballinspittle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Cearr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0320, Page 279

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    “There is a well in the townland of Garrettstown...”

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    There is a well in the townland of Garrettstown in the parish of Ballinspittle Co. Cork. The water in this well is supposed to have a cure for sore eyes. Rounds used to be performed up to about ten years ago. Long ago when the surrounding district was owned by a Protestant named Cuthbert his steward drained the well and when he came to it next day it was full again. He died a cripple soon afterwards. About twenty years later another steward named O Neill filled the well with stones and when he returned home his son was dead. It was a custom for the people who used to go to the well to leave something there after
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás De Faoite
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrettstown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Diarmuid De Faoite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Garrettstown, Co. Cork