School: An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Skibbereen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)people are to be seen praying around this well.
Not far from this well there is another well called St Brigids well and there is an old church a couple of yards from the well; in this church people are supposed to be buried.
- In Mr Carey's land about a mile and a quarter from Skibbereen there is a Blessed Well. Pilgrims visit it annually on the feast of Saint Peter and Paul on the 29th of June. Prayers are said during the rounds. In it there is a blessed eel and the pilgrims throw in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pilib Ó Néill
- Gender
- Male
