School: Baile Ard
- Location:
- Ballard, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Floinn
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- All over Ireland there are Blessed Wells dedicated to her saints. The Wells which were there long ago are now in ruins. More of them are newly settled and are very beautiful indeed. A great crowd of people visit them every year on the feast days of the saint of the Well.
It is a custom in Ireland to do a round at the Well. Some Wells have gravel paths others cement ones and others still have only paths marked in the grass where the old people do the rounds. There is a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katty Blake
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killard, Co. Clare
