School: Headfort
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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- There are five holy wells dedicated to Saints in this locality.
There is a well dedicated to St. Patrick at Dunancory.
There are two more wells dedicated to Saint Patrick, one in Lurgan and the other in Quilca.
There is a well dedicated to St. Bridget in Raffney.
There is a well dedicated to St. Kieran in Carnaross.
Pilgrimages are made to the wells. The local people within a radius of twenty miles round visit the wells on certain days, prayers are said at the wells and people believe the water in the wells will cure certain diseases.- Collector
- Agatha Lawrence
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Enagh, Co. Cavan