School: The Oak, Portlaoighse (roll number 15377)
- Location:
- Clondouglas, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seán Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 231
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“Here is a story I heard from Mrs Kelly about Fr O'Connor's well.”
Here is a story I heard from Mrs Kelly about Fr O’Connor’s well.In Portlaoighise in Co Laoighis there was a crowd of men working in a field and the boss was so hard that he would not let the men get a drink from a near by well, one day a priest was passing Fr O’Connor P.P. was the Priest and the men told the Priest there wish and he said I will give ye a drink in a few moments, the Priest struck his heel in the ground and a lovely spring well sprung and he blessed it. And the well is now called Fr O’Connor’s well.
- Collector
- Mary Clinton
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Gender
- Female