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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 018

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    The people of the district used to go from well to well and spend a great part of the day in prayer, but those wells are closed in now by overgrown furze.
    One of those wells can be found yet but the other cannot.
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    There is a holy well in my District. It is situated in a field long side of a wood in Mr Sheenan's land. There is a palm tree growing over it. It is a very deep well with a big lot of steps going down into it. It is said that long ago a lot of people with diseases would come from all parts of the district to visit the holy well.
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    These people would stay around
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corruragh, Co. Cork