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   A Holy Well
   28th October 1937

   At the time of Cromwell there was a Catholic Church called St Dolough's near Raheny, it was taken from the Catholics. There was also a monastery where monks lived; they were banished out of it. They came to a place called Balgriffin Park and built a Catholic Church.
   One night a well was formed by a miracle. Some holy person appeared to one of the monks and told him that the well should be called Saint Catherine's well.
   The well is in the shape of a square. There are three windows in the wall which surrounds it one at each side and one in the back; in the middle of the square there is a cement hole in the shape of a boiler. This contains the water. There are a couple of steps going down into the well, and the people can go round the well by walking on the stone because it is a couple of feet wide.
   Many a person with sore eyes was cured by the water of the well. There is also a place in the field which is called

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Pupil

   Informant

   Mrs Murphy

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baldoyle, Co. Dublin