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School: Birr (St. Brendan's)

Location:
Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
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S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 039

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    and each time he went to the well he blessed it.
    A few days after he died a boy who was lame for life was cured.
    How it happened was, the boy was playing around the well with a few other boys. They were trying to jump the well and he fell in. After one or two days the boy was cured . From that day it was called St Kierans Holy Well.
    Collected by: T. Murray, Ox Mall, Birr.
    From: P. Wrafter, Woodfield, Birr.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Murray
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    P. Wrafter
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Curraghboy or Woodfield, Co. Offaly