In Offaly County about two miles from Geashill Railway Station in the townsland of Ballykean there are two Blessed Wells dedicated to St,John.They are in the centre of a big field.Years ago the owner of the land got those two wells closed so that the land could be cultivated, When morning came his house was flooded by a spring well so he at once sent his men to open the blessed wells and from that day to this no owner ever interfered. On the 24th of June the feast of St,John numbers
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