School: Ballaghameehan (roll number 13908)

Location:
Tullyskeherny, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
John Eames
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 161

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  1. There are two holy wells in this parish namely St. Mogue's and St. Molaise's.
    The one I know best is St. Molaise's. It is situated in the townland of Dernahemerick.
    The field in which it is situated is beside a by-road called "To-bar", and a few yards from the main-road leading from Cluinin to Devenish, and convenient to the Ballaghameehan Protestant church.
    At the present time, there is no pilgrimage to this well, we do not know for what reason, probably because the land in which it is situated has passed into Protestant hands. In olden times there was a very large pilgrimage to this well. There are still little heaps of stones visible at each side of it, it is said those little heaps were formed by people doing stations there. At this time there were no beads, so people dropped a stone for each station they made.
    In the former years its blessed waters were used for various cures.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Eames
    Gender
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    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Tullyskeherny, Co. Leitrim