School: Duncormick
- Location:
- Duncormick, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: P. S. Ó hEachthigheirn
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- Holy Wells.There is a holy well called St. Clement's by the river-side under the Chapel Meadow.
It is surrounded by flat stones and on one the is the mark of a bare - foot.
There is another holy well in a field belonging to Burrells on the hill of Duncormick
This well is called St. Myles.
There was a holy well in a field belonging to Burrells about 1/4 of a mile from Duncormick School.It is said that a travelling woman washed dirty clothes in it and it dried up at night and four lights were seen coming down the road and stood under the tree in Sinnott's yard and a well sprang up there.
This well is now covered up, but there are pipes gong from the well to the pump.Chrissie Cleary
Rath
Duncormick.
- Collector
- Chrissie Cleary
- Address
- Rath, Co. Wexford
