School: Mullaharlin (roll number 1173)

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1. Patron Saints, Holy Wells, Etc. (continued)

   

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   says:- "there was a Station at it". No station has been held there within living memory. ST PATRICK'S WELL A round hole in the solid rock at the back of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Blackrock. This well is frequented by people suffering from toothache. The conditions for a cure are 9 visits and a promise to give something or do something! ST BRIGID'S WELL Within a few yards of St. Patrick's Well is another hole in the rock called St. Brigid's Well, and marks in the rock are supposed to be her knee-marks. (Tom Crosby, Blackrock) (There is a peculiar stratum of conglomerate rock at this place)

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2. Castles and Old Houses

   

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   The Castle in Mr. Carroll's field already referred to (F.1). No trace of walls now remains but were there about thirty years ago. Part of the arched gateway entering the Haggards can still be seen opposite Mr. Lawless's house. (F.2).

   

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3. Old Paths and Roads

   

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   Tradition tells of an old road from Mr. Tommy Byrne's lane (opposite Mr. J. H. Murphy's public house on the Dublin Rd.) to the Square, Blackrock.

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