School: Stamullen (roll number 3181)
- Location:
- Stamullen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Ghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 308
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- Long ago when people had sore eyes they used to go to Tubbersool Well and bathe their eyes in it and they would be cured, that is why it is called Tubbersool, which means the well of the eyes.
- Collector
- Iris Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stamullen, Co. Meath
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“It is stated that there was a charity boiler that used boil porridge for the people at the time of the famine...”
It is stated that there was a charity boiler that used boil porridge for the people at the time of the famine to keep them from starving, below behind Mr S. Mitchel's house in Stamullen, at the cross-roads at the end of the village
