School: Clonmacnoise

Location:
Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 137

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 137

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  1. In olden times Corlain or Cochlan’s Well was a holy well. It is about a mile from Clonmacnois on the road to Shannonbridge. The people of the district in olden times used to begin the Long Station at Corlanin well. There is a big white thorn bush and a big rock beside it. When the people do be tired after the Station they sit on the rock to rest themselves. The people go from this well to a big blessed tree in Ciaran Darcy’s field which is only about four hundred yards away. When the tree fell the people took branches of it
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Flannery
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Kate Flannery
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86
    Address
    Creevagh, Co. Offaly