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School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)

Location:
Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 009

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    St. Senan is the patron saint of the parish of Kilmacow. In a boggy field at the back of my house there is a well known as St. Senan's Well.
    It appears that one day St. Senan was walking along a road which is now ob-literated and he was being hunted by the English Soldiers when he was shot dead.He was buried where he died and a well sprang up just beside his grave.
    Some old people believe that the waters of the Holy Well possess cures for diseases and other ailments of the body.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Hearn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Thomas M. Hearn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Railway worker
    Address
    Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny