School: Cnoc na Groighe (C.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 3015)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: M. Ní Iceadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 172
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“In olden times the parish of Nohaval Daly extended from Rathduane to the source of the Blackwater at Meenganine.”
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The stones of the monastery and the round tower are supposed to have been put making the road from Knocknagree to Rathmore.
St Finnin Cam - the head monk of the monastery found the blessed well at Nohival. This well is about half a mile to the north of the place where the monastery stood.
It is known as Flough Fíadha and the old people say that it gets its name from a flock of deer that used to come to this well to quench their thirst.
On the 13th December St Finian Com's feast-day the people of the neighbourhood come to pay rounds at he well and long ago people used to come from very far away to pay rounds there.
But as time goes on they are gradually dropping this practice
It is also said that there was a chapel at the other side of the fence from the well.
- Informant
- James D. O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork