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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

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Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 097

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    “There is a holy well near the Moreabbey about a mile from Galbally.”

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    and eight days after it. There is a fish in the well. People drink the water as a cure for blindness. There is an old woman at the well. People leave her money. There are six rounds paid and at every round the rosary is said. Rags are left there on the bush near the well.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Cuimín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Galbally, Co. Limerick