School: Baile an Mhuilinn

Location:
Milltown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Rós Nic Airchinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 436

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  1. This well is in Cloonagh. It was originally on the roadside but tradition has it that a woman washed clothes in it and it dried up. it sprung up again in a field nearby. The original site is full of stones.
    It is believed that St. Molaise rested here on his way to Innismurray Island and drank of the waters of the well.
    A fish used to be seen in the well in olden times. People make stations at this well from August 15th to Sept 8th.
    There is another well near it in a place called Pullbrain where people
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