School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 08_030
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- Our Local Saint is called St Surney She lived in Drumacoo about a mile from Tyrone.
St Surney's house is situated inside the grave-yard gate. In the field outside the grave yard wall there is a well called after Saint Surney.
When people are Subject to illness they visit the well three times on Monday on Thursday and on the following Monday.
They walk round the well fiftheen times and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Tyrone, Co. Galway
