School: An Clochar, Dún ar Aill (roll number 4268)
- Location:
- Doneraile, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 205
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: An Clochar, Dún ar Aill
- XML Page 205
- XML “Our Holy Wells”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- There is a holy well over near Crowley's in Wallstown. A lame man whom no doctor could cure was once cured there. One day he put his leg into the water after it was touched by an Angel of God. He prayed every night and at last Almighty God cured him.There is a holy well at Croke about one mile South of Doneraile and there is a cure in the water for warts. If the people go there and bless themselves three times with the water, they will be cured.There is also a Holy well in the Golf Links. One time a man, who was blind from his birth, was cured. He waited and prayed to God and asked Him to give him back his sight. People often visit the place. There is a little ash tree bending over the well(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doneraile, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Nellie O' Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Doneraile, Co. Cork
