School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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   tree or bush near the well.No trout or other fish is supposed to inhabit the the well.Nothing is known locally of the antiquity of the pilgrimage.
   Tobar an Tasha- another holy well in the same field very little is known locally about this well, except that it is coffin shaped and was in olden times visited by parents who had disabled or infirm children.The child was taken to the well and dipped into it ,then wrapped up and taken home then if it were to get cured of its ailment ,of whatever nature ,it recovered rapidly .if not ,it died shortly after its visit to the Well.
   There is another Blessed Well not far from the ruins of Shallee castle in the parish of Kilnamona.it is called the well of the Three Golden Fridays.The Three Golden Fridays are the three Fridays before Christmas Day.people visit this well perform "Rounds"in the hope of getting a cure for sore eyes.
   At the end of the old school house in Kilnamona there was a Blessed Well. People who used suffer from headaches used go

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   History Edit

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Hegarty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockatemple, Co. Clare