School: Druimín (Drummons) (roll number 13521)

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1. A Tradition of a Holy Well

   

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   A Tradition of a Holy Well
   15-9-38
   Three is a holy well a mile from where I live. It is situated in the town land of Drummons in the parish of Glenade in Co. Leitrim. There is an old graveyard about fifty yards south of it. This graveyard is called Connwell graveyard.

   There is the ruins of an old church or abbey in this graveyard but there is not much of it to be seen now. Long ago people used to make stations at this holy well.

   The way that the stations used to be made is first to gather fifteen pebbles and then go into the graveyard and make the station there. The people used to go round the wall inside three times saying five decades of the rosary each time.

   The prayers that used to be said at the well were fifteen decades of the rosary and after every decade the person used to drop a pebble.
   When they had that done they used to go down to the well and say six our fathers and six hail marys to St Patrick and the same prayers to St Coner these prayers were said while kneeling at the well. It is said that it was those saints who were the patron Saint of this well. It is said

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridget Gilmartin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Lecklasser, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Michael Mc Gowan

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Drummans, Co. Leitrim