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School: Tullycanna

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Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 187

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    The local saints of this district are St Ambrose of Ambrosetown, St Kevin of Kilcavan and St Emog of Cullenstown. There is a ruined church in honour of each of them.
    In Kilcavan there is a well in honour of St Kevin. It is now situated about a half mile from the churchyard and some years ago it was outside the churchyard gate but a woman from the neighbourhood washed clothes in it and during the night it was changed from the churchyard gate to a field about half a mile away. There is a railing around it and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maxboley, Co. Wexford