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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 092

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    There are not many Holy Wells in the Parish. There is a well in Fermoyle it is only a few miles outside Lanesboro'.
    A lot of people visit this well and they kneel down and pray for a certain thing and they also bathe in it and it is said that a lot of people have been cured of their diseases. This well is called St Martins well because St Martin appeared to a man a long time ago.
    There was a soldier one night and he cut down the trees that was around the well and a man came along and he told him it was a sin to cut the trees around the well, because there was a Saint seen at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Miss L. Maguire
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford