School: Clondra, Longphort (roll number 13536)
- Location:
- Cloondara, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 209
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- St. Barry's Well: There is a holy well in Kilbarry called St. Barry's Well. There is a pilgrimage to it every summer. Once upon a time there was a boy sick and not all able to walk and his mother brought him and washed him in the well and washed his bones well in it. After a few months the boy was able to walk down the kitchen to his mother.
Another time there was a woman and she had bad eyes and she washed them in the well and they got better.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Diarmuid Ó Áirt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloondara, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Thomas Tyrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloondara, Co. Longford
