Scoil: Donabate (B.)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Chink Well (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   Along the coast at Portrane there are many interesting caves, and inlets, But one of great interest is the cave where the Chink well is. This well is a scooped hole in a rock, which always supplies fresh spring water. It is said that this well got its name through its water being a cure for the Chink cough, more commonly known as whooping cough in this district.
   The strange thing about this well is, that at high tide, the sea surrounds it, but it does not affect the waters of it, which still remain sweet and fresh. Old people in the district say that in the days of the persecution of the Catholics, the priests and other religious Clergy men were compelled to practice their religious duties, and to say Mass in the nearby caves. The only place they could get water for long periods at a time. They began to pray hard to God, to give them some

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Suíomh

   Port Reachrann, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath

   Bailitheoir

   Matthew Gargan

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   Fireann

   Gairm bheatha

   Pupil (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Port Reachrann, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mr Michael Mc Mahon

   Gaol

   Ní fios

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   Fireann

   Aois

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