School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Raithean, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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- I am now going to describe a holy well called Loughteen's Well. There is a legend connected with it. It was in the parish of Donoughmore about a quarter of a mile to the west of Donoughmore cross. One night as a regiment of soldiers was passing the well they disrespected it in some way, the people of the parish were very much surprised the following morning when they saw that the well had moved away during the night and there was a hood out over it and that too moved with it. It just went outside the boundary of the parish into Grenaugh so the people still keep up the old custom of paying rounds on St John's day, St John's Eve and the following Sunday.
- Collector
- Mary Hartnett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Feadán Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs Hartnett
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- An Feadán Thuaidh, Co. Chorcaí
