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School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 331

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    Holy well 4-5-38
    There are two wells in Cappa Dunmore Co Galway. People visit one of them every year. There is a bush near the holy well. One day a pagan tried to cut down the bush, a cross flew out of the bush and hit him in the forehead. Michael Bounes Cappa was passing and he got the cross. The cross is in the Museum in Dublin. When the people visit the well they get ten small stones and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Paddy Tierney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Galway