School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Long years ago, in the penal times a great many Irish catholics and saints were murdered for their faith. A great many land-marks which were connected with those martyrs are still to be seen, including holy wells.
About a quarter of mile from my house there is a well situated in a field belonging to Mr Murphy of Ballyda. A woman named Miss Cass from Callan who had bad eyesight came con-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Philip Comerford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
