School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 283
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- (continued from previous page)and after that it is called St. Fintan's well.
- St. Fintan is the local patron Saint. He lived in Kilfintan. Kilfintan got its name from a monastary that St. Fintan had built there. He was a very holy man. There is a well dedicated to him in Kilfintan. It is called St. Fintan's well. People visit it on the three first Sundays in August. People perform "rounds" and say certain prayers at it. They leave small ribbons tied on the bush beside it. There are not many people around here called after him. It is said that he was beheaded one morning as he was coming out of his monastery by some man. There is a big mound in a field in Lowertown and St Fintan is supposed to be buried there.
- Collector
- Michael Fagan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Kilshallow, Co. Westmeath
- The local patron Saint of this parish is Saint Fintan. He was supposed to lived in Kilfintan or Clonmore. There is a townland in this parish called(continues on next page)
