School: Birr (St. Brendan's)
- Location:
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Teachers: S. Ó Conchobhair R. Ó Huigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)People who have warts are cured by throwing a penny or a pin into the water of the smaller well which is situated near the big well. Many people visited that well while it is open.Collected by P. Garaghy, Mile Tree, Birr.
- St. Kierans Well:
There is a well about three miles outside Birr in a place called Clareen.
The name of the well is St. Kierans. People go to it in April and pray at the well.
The well is in a field with bushes all around it. There are many stories about the well and about St. Kieran. St. Kieran used the well when he was alive(continues on next page) - Collector
- T. Murray
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- P. Wrafter
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Curraghboy or Woodfield, Co. Offaly
