School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)There was a holy well near our district very long ago. This holy well that was near our district long ago was blessed by a saint. This holy well is in a hill in Gortyarrigan, Buncrana. This holy well is very nearly dried now but some old people visit this holy well yet. They visit it two or three times a year.
- There was a holy well in Glebe very long ago and this holy well was blessed by St. Culum Cille. It is in Desertegany. This holy well is in the middle of a hill there. Some people visit this holy well There is a stone beside this well. Some people leave things at it.
In olden times there was a holy well in the townland of Drumanair. The people used to leave some money at this holy well or they made crosses and left them beside this holy well too. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- John Baldrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Ballynarry, Co. Donegal