School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire
- Location:
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0030
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“About three miles from Gorrt there is a place called Rath-Cairn.”
About three miles from Gorrt there is a place called Rath-Cairn. In Rath-Cairn there is a holy well called Saint Colman's well. Beside this well there is a large stone on which are the prints of St. Colman's feet and knees. On one occasion he was going to a funeral. He felt very tired and thirsty and he knelt on this rock and prayed for water. Water appeared immediately in a hole nearby. The print of his knees remained in the rock and they are still to be seen.
Rath-Cairn is so called from the following legend:- King Guaire and King Conal fought there one time. King Conal was slain and buried on the spot. There is a Cairn on the spot where he was buried.
- Collector
- Mary Diviney
- Gender
- Female