School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - St Patrick's Well is on the green of Carlanstown. It is a very pretty little well and never runs dry. The people of the district and most of the children visit it on St Patrick's Day and take home some of the water to drink. I have never heard of it curing any disease but people say that if you drink it always and use it for cooking purposes you will never take any bad disease, illness, etc.
It is believed that St. Patrick, on his journey from Cavan to Tara passed through Carlandstown. Some of his followers complained of thirst and the saint stuck the end of his crozier, or staff in the ground and immediately the water gushed up.
It is said, also that he (St. Patrick) "cringed" his toe on a stone and it began to bleed. The blood can be seen to this day on the stones; anyway there is a red flag in the(continues on next page)
