School: Brúgh Ríogh (B.) (roll number 8572)
- Location:
- Brú Rí, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Haragáin
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- Black dog well is situated in the hollow of a stone a bit east of Kilmallock. It is haunted by a black dog and has a cure for the sight.
Malo is a few miles east of Kilmallock where rounds are paid from August 3rd to 15th. Rounds are 10 decades of the rosary at the well and 5 at the graveyard.
St. Munchin's Well at Bruree has a cure for tender eyes. Five rounds consisting of one Our Father and three hail Mary's a round are paid.
Mologga is a well in north Cork where rounds are paid before sunrise. Anyone who buries a baby puts a drinking vessel on the wall surrounding the well.
Other Wells
Trinity well in Dromin.
St. Fenehan's in Mitchelstown.
St. Patrick's in Howardstown.
St. Brigid's in Kilmeedy (south)
St. Coleman's in Colemanswell.
Kilbroney in Achlacca.
