School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- There is a well about five mile from this. It is situated in a church yard in Kilgeever. There is no certain time of the year for going to this well but the most of the people goes to it on the fifteenth of August. They go around seven times and say prayers. Then they go out a piece and kneel down on a flag and say prayers. There is ruins of an old church in the graveyard. The people say prayers in the church. The people leave something in the church after(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Kate Hastings
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Léana Uí Bhiasta, Co. Mhaigh Eo
