School: Drumcrow

Location:
Drumcrow, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
B. Boylan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 155

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    who put the beads on the cross. There is a cure in the water and many people got cured at this well. When the people go to this well to get cured they bring a pin, or a stone, or a piece of delph behind their backs and leave it beside the well. This well is called St Finnan's well. The man who saw the saint was Edward Lynch and the well is in his field. This well is also called the holy well.
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      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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