School: Derries (roll number 11388)
- Location:
- Derries, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Meadhbh Bean Uí Chiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 045
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- There are two holy wells in this district. One of the, is called the Abbey well and the other well is near Lurgan [?].
Many people visit the abbey well on the 29th of June and on the 15th of August. Everyone who visits this well goes round the well and says prayers. It is said that Saint Patrick made this well with his foot and blessed it and ever since there is water in it.
Many people have been cured by drinking this water. Everyone who visits this well leaves a piece of cloth near it.
There is a hawthorn tree near it.
- Collector
- Mary Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derries, Co. Donegal
