School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

Location:: Cloyne, Co. Cork
Teacher:: E. Geeleher

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Our Lady's Well (continued)

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Well is opened from the 7th August to the 22nd August. During that time people visit the well three times and at each visit a rosary is said. When the rosary is finished, the sign of the cross is made three times and a stone near the well and then the stone is kissed. The water from the well is very useful during the time the well is opened.

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Saint Colman's Well

There is only one holy well in the parish of Cloyne. It is called St. Colman's well, People say that people were cured there.
A man named Michael Quirke had rheumatic fever, and he was taken to the well on crutches. When he went there he made his rounds; when he had finished them he was able to go away without his crutches. This

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