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School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)

Location:
Kildalkey, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 032

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    and her father followed her and beheaded her in Belgium. It is said that when a person dips a ribbon in the well and ties it around their head it will cure a headache. She is buried in Belgium. Kildalkey is called after Saint Dympna. There is a well beside the graveyard in memory of her. The fifteenth of May is the feast of Saint Dympna. There is supposed to be no bad disease within a certain distance of the well.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildalkey, Co. Meath