School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)

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   the well. People are cured from diseases in this well. There is a sloping field near this well, and it is called leaba na h-altóra.
   John Sweeney,
   Knockroe,
   Ballydehob.

   

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2. Holy Wells

   

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   There is a holy well called the Blessed Well in the townland of Ballycummisk about three miles from the school. It flows from a rock into the strand. Rounds were performed, and prayers were said there in former times, and over the well there is a white thorn tree growing, and rags are put on tree by those who

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dermot Daly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Béal an Dá Chab, Co. Chorcaí