St Kieran is said to have visited here. A tree used to stand by the road, which is said to have sprouted from his walking stick when he planted at the roadside. The tree was removed by the council some years ago, because it was a danger to traffic. This upset the locals enormously!
To add to the insult the stream at the back of the well was deepened, which dropped the water level and nearly extinguished the well completely! The one well still has water in it (this is the curing well), but the other is all but empty. This was the drinking well and provided the fresh water for a wide area until mains water reached here.
The man that walked me around and told me all these tales told me that when he was a lad (60 years ago) he saw a trout in the pipe leading from the well to the stream. There are many old tales of wise salmon and trout in holy wells, but this is the first time I have heard a recent one.
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