School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)

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1. Holy Well - Sunday's Well

   

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   This holy well is situated on the side of a hill bearing the same name, near the village of Ballymore, Co Westmeath. It is not far from the shore of that lovely little lake Lough Seudy, with its three little islands and the remains of an old fort on the shore, and a short distance away is an old Castle and in the vicinity there was a monastery. A bye road in the district bears that Monastery Boreen. In the old church yard where the Protestant church now stands there is the ruins of an old chapel in which Cromwell burned, after that the priest used to say mass just beside the holy well, the altar is there still and a slab there bears the name of the priest, Father Dalton who was shot there by British soldiers.

   This well is situated about midway up the hill. It is only a small well, there is a small container of stone like a holy water font, the water flows into it and then flows on down the hill on to the lake. There are different stories of the origin of it, one say's a cane was lost in the river Jordan and it came out there, and the water came up with it. A priest giving a mission in Moyvore years ago said he

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Anthony Mac Cormack

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballymore, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Cormack

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymore, Co. Westmeath