School: Scoil na mBráthar, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. A. de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 033
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- (continued from previous page)Patrick discovered what had happened he was very troubled and healed the wound but he was at the same time pleased with the kings faith. On the 17th. of March a procession is held in honour of St. Patrick. It is said while he was preaching the staff he had stick in the ground and a well spring up from the hole he had made. We are told that the seed St Patrick sowed yielded fruit one hundred fold. There is and old celtic cross in the middle of the well. It has been celebrated from many wonderful cures by the waters which are clear and sparkling. St Patricks Well is situated in a beautiful valley surrounded by very old trees. The walls of the chapel are covered with ivy. There was a graveyard there long ago but the water flowing from the well covered it. Some years ago a boy went there on crutches and prayed and he was able to walk home leaving the crutches behind him and for many years after they were seen hanging over the well. It is(continues on next page)
