School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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1. Games Long Ago (continued)

   

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   to be sports also, it used to be held every year. There used to a lot of prizes.

   There used to be a sports in Derreen. It used to be held there in the beginning of September. There used to be prizes for running, dancing, jumping, bicycle racing. There used to be a raffle also.

   Sara Dempsey,
   Horseleap,
   Derreen,
   Ballyglunin,
   Co. Galway.

   Got from my Father Frank Dempsey 46 years

   

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2. Blessed Story

   

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   There is a Blessed well in Cloon-órn. It is Saint Patrick was there and he washed his feet there. There is three trees and there is a well above in top of the tree and once a holy woman climbed up and when she reached the top there was not a drop of water. She began to pray and an angel came and touched the well and the water flowed up to the top. There is a pilgrimage to the well on the fifteenth August. You can go anytime you like. Sara Dempsey

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sara Dempsey

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Dempsey

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female