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                  <text>Donegal</text>
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              <text>Termon, Co. Donegal</text>
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              <text>The well is very accessible and wheelchair friendly. Placed in a small garden beside a private home, the owners voluntarily serve as the well's primary caretakers. The well itself is behind two small wooden doors on which is posted a plaque outlining which prayers should be recited to obtain its curative properties.&#13;
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              <text>The well is believed to have the ability to cure a variety of illnesses.&#13;
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              <text>On both New Year's Eve and May Eve, large vigils are held.&#13;
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There are two small trees that are covered with items owned by those who have prayed on the site for a cure or a release from present trouble. Anything from rosary beads, to rags, to teddy bears may be found.&#13;
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              <text> “Repeat Our Father and Hail Mary five times&#13;
 And apostles creed for your intention&#13;
 Repeat same for each bottle of water&#13;
 Our Father and Hail Mary for Father O’Friel who found it&#13;
 Our Father and Hail Mary for Father Gallagher who blessed it&#13;
 Our Father and Hail Mary for the person who put the shelter around it&#13;
 N.B These prayers must be recited with bared feet.” &#13;
&#13;
https://voicesfromthedawn.com/doon-rock-and-well/&#13;
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