School: An Tobar
- Location:
- Tubber, Co. Galway
- Teacher: P. Ó Súilleabháin
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“Near where I live there is a blessed well called Tubbereendoney.”
Near where I live there is a blessed well called Tubbereendoney. People come from the adjoining parishes to pray, and perform there every year. Many people got cured of ailments by coming and praying there. There was a part of a chapel there until some years ago, and there are still stones there with writing or printing on them which can be seen yet, and it is said there is a Saint buried there, who foretold that the well would never go dry, and would give water to all who came for it, even in the driest summer. The time to come there to pray is Garland Sunday and the two(continues on next page)