School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)
- Location:
- Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)and in front of it is a flat stone rounded on top. Engraved on it is writing which is impossible to decipher although the late Very Rev Canon Kean PP of this parish had its surface cleaned.
On the left hand side of the wells is a stone embedded in the ground and in it is the imprint of a human Knee.
Tradition says St Patrick Knelt on this stone and his Knee left the imprint.
Every year on Garland Sunday thousands flock to this spot,
to perform stations. The three stations can be performed after each other although some people do one on the Sunday before or after and two on Garland Sunday(continues on next page)
