School: Killeigh
- Location:
- Killeigh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Amhalghaidh
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- (continued from previous page)out of it and use it for household use. The small wells are very hard to be found. There is supposed to be a stone at each well to point them out. People came from far and near and got cured at the wells,and it is said that they left their sticks and crutches behind them. There was a bell lost by the monks near the wells, and it is said it rings on Christmas Eve night. Some people often go to see if they would hear it. But anyone that goes to listen to it won't hear it, and anyone that does not go to hear it will hear it. The tree that is at the well is called a wart tree. There is supposed to be a fish seen in the wells. The tree that is at the wells is an ancient tree. There is another well in Mr Flanagan's field, and it is called after Father Kinsella. The people use the water out of it for drinking.
