School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0241
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“There is a blessed well in Kiltartan . . .”
(continued from previous page)not baptised and she met a saint and she asked the saint to baptise the child. There were rushes growing in a field and he pulled up a rush and a well sprang up from where the rush was pulled.
"Tobair Colmcille": It springs through a rock or flag. The sign of Colmcille's two knees are on the rock, and the two of them are filled with water. There was an old church in it belonging to the monks. If the water was drank it would cure a toothache or headache. There is an ash tree over the well. St. Colmcille was the patron saint of "Lorgan" and "Boherduff."
- Collector
- Joseph Kiggins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Roxborough, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Ballyshea, Co. Galway