School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)
- Location:
- Ballymartle, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Patrick Kelleher
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- (continued from previous page)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. - 1.
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. 2.
These people would stay around(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corruragh, Co. Cork