School: Clais, Athea (roll number 15100)
- Location:
- Keale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Liam Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0485, Page 184
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- (continued from previous page)Glenagore Athea who had sore eyes was cured there. The invalid people wash the affected part with the water and they also drink it. Relics are left behind at the well when people get cured such as small little pictures and strings and medals on the bushes, and cups are left to drink the water. There is also money left there on the last Saturday in April. The amount left there this year was nineteen shillings. No fish was ever seen in the well. Any person in this district never interfered with this well because the old people used to say that whoever would touch the well that they would get a certain sore which could never be cured. There are trees and bushes all around the and lovely flowers growing there also.
- There is only one Holy Well in this district. It is in the Townland of Temple Athea in a field owned by Mr Barrett. The people still visit it every Saturday in the month of May. There are no certain number of rounds to be performed or no certain prayers to be said at it. There is a story told about it that a woman was was washing clothes in it one day and the following day it was found(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Cornelius O' Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Clash North, Co. Limerick
