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School: Droichead a' Chláirín (Buachaillí)

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Droichead an Chláirín, Co. na Gaillimhe
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Seán Sabhaois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0183

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  1. St Sornian's Well

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    St Sornian's Well is situated in the townland of Ballynacloghy about three miles from the village of Clarinbridge.
    This well has virtue on Friday but the old people say that the principal day is Garlic Sunday.
    Devotees pass from the well to St Sornian's Cell. There are small cairns which must have been stations in the pilgrimage which ends at Skincholla a mound near the shore.
    It is said that people who were subject to bad sight, headaches or such like used go there to be cured and some of them used to be cured.

    Obtained from John Lynskey Ballinamana aged 65 years
    Mícheál O Fiaich
    Clarinbridge
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    2. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Fiaich
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloch an Leathaird, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    John Lynskey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Baile na Manach Thiar, Co. na Gaillimhe