School: Bridgetown, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 5997)

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1. Folklore - Holy Well (continued)

   

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   time. It was a Holy – Well, - Tobar Ceannaighthe – and was known as Tobar na súil. People whose eyes were affected came here to wash the eyes in the waters of the well, and tradition states that many cures of the eyes were effected. Of late years the well looks some-what neglected, but thirty years ago it was nicely kept, and there were many small statues and other religious emblems placed around it.

   

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2. Leaba Dhiarmada

   

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   About two miles to the South-West of the school, in the townland called The Drummins, there is a fine example of a Druid’s Altar. It consists of three pillar stones standing upright to form a triangle, and on these rests a huge rectangular shaped slab or flag-stone. The pillar stones are about eighteen inches high, and the flag-stone is five feet by four and a half feet and

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   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Éamonn Mac Piarais

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Bridgetown, Co. Clare