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School: Liathdruim

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Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
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Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0089

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    There is a blessed well in Limehill. It is called Bran's Well. It was blessed by St. Brendan and that is how it got its name. Long ago the people used go there to perform. If they had a disease or a pain they would go to the well so that they might be cured.
    The well is closed up now because on Pattern Day a very large crowd used gather there and they used have drink. When they would get drunk they would fight. All the tinkers of the country used be gathered there on that day.
    There would also be a tent set up near the well Pattern Day and all kinds of drink sold in it.
    Very few go the well now.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Hugh Fahy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Galway