School: Croghan
- Location:
- Croghan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Módhráin
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- In the land of John Tansey in the parish of Elphin and in the townland of BallySundriven is a well called the "Priests Well". This well belonged to a Presbyterian farmer named James Poynton.
In the townland of Ryefield there lived a priest named Father Tom Walker who used to draw water from Poyntons well. On one occasion he blessed this well.
One day Poynton sent a message to the priest to tell him not to draw water from his well as he was going to build a pump in(continues on next page)- Informant
- Margaret Lenehan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Boherroe, Co. Roscommon