School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)
- Location:
- Barnaran, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)a big vault in it and fourteen or fifteen cattle got in and could not get out, and they were killed. Mr Dempsey saw a light in it when he was coming from Carbury, but he did not go back to see what was in it. There was supposed to be an old woman seen sitting on a stone at the rath.
- (1) There is a Holy Well in Rathbride, Milltown, Rathangan. It is known as Fr. Moore's Well. People visit it and they get rid of any pains they have. They make three visits on three Fridays, and people that get cured leave their crutches behind them.(2) There is another Well in Ticknevin, Carbury, known as St. Bridgets Well. It is supposed to cure teethaches and headaches.(3) There is a man in this district named John Cully who cures nervous diseasesADDENDUM.- Missing piece
Local Place Names There is a village called Shanavoola
continued on page 190 - Collector
- Peadar Mac Giolla Phádruig
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Lullymore East, Co. Kildare
