School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- An tOireamh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)and he baptized children at it. People visit it still, from the 10th August to 8th December.
There is another holy well in Mr. O'Mally field near Cillageer. in Ballyheane, and St. Patrick often drank water out of it. The track of his knee was on a stone at the well, and one day a man brought the stone home with him and he broke it. Next day when he went to his field, he found three of his cattle dead.Corrections
where the well now is. - In the famine years, my great grandfather and grandmother went to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kate Kilcoyne
- Gender
- Female