School: Clochar na Trócaire (roll number 13381)
- Location:
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0455, Page 267
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- The road Which now leads to Tiernaboul was once the main road to Cork. About a mile and a half from Killarney there is a hill called Spa which means the place of the minerals. It gets its name from a large well which was in the middle of the hill. The water in the well was iron water and was very healthy to - drink. The people of the town used to go out for the water to drink as a tonic. Once a country man was going home from Killarney with a horse and car. When he came to the well he stopped to give the horse a drink. The animal pulled too near the edge of the well and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Síghle Pléimionn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killarney, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Diarmuid Pléimionn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Teernaboul, Co. Kerry
