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School: Baile na nGalloglach (Milford) (roll number 15338)

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Millford, Co. Donegal
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Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 026

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    the waterfall. You would wonder how the water gets through the rock but it is seldom or never dry.
    People suffering from sores and warts go there to get cured. They drink the water and rub it on the sores. Some personal things such as medals, pins, clothes, etc. are left behind at the well after each visit. It is not as much frequented now as it was forty or fifty years ago.
    The "Scallen" where mass was said before Golan Chapel was built is beside this well.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Mc Cafferty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Barney Campbell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cratlagh, Co. Donegal