School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)
- Location:
- Dring, Co. Longford
- Teacher: James Drum
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- There is a holy well in this district.
It is on James Flood's land, about seven perches from Lough Gowna shore. It is called St. Colmcilles well. People still visit it. A lot of people have been cured at it. It is said that there is a cure for toothache, pains, rash etc. They rub the water to the affected part. There are no fish in the well. I never heard of any people trying to drain it. It is a very deep well, and a rope has to be used when water has to be taken out of it. There are also three or four steps down to it. There is a holly bush growing over it. I never heard of any other holy well in the parish.
- Collector
- Annie O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Flood
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford
