School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- In olden times Corlain or Cochlan’s Well was a holy well. It is about a mile from Clonmacnois on the road to Shannonbridge. The people of the district in olden times used to begin the Long Station at Corlanin well. There is a big white thorn bush and a big rock beside it. When the people do be tired after the Station they sit on the rock to rest themselves. The people go from this well to a big blessed tree in Ciaran Darcy’s field which is only about four hundred yards away. When the tree fell the people took branches of it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Kate Flannery
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Creevagh, Co. Offaly