 Ballyea, Ennis, Co. Clare | Yesterday, I wrote about my visit last month to St. John’s Well in Killone, outside Ennis. The local resident told a lovely story about Francis O’Neill who had lived locally and who had helped and volunteered with very many local groups and actions. When the new altar was being built, it was decided to dedicate it to Francis O’Neill. When the monumental sculptor who was making the altar was told of the engraving, he said that there would be no charge for the altar. Some of those good turns did not go unnoticed in that quarter. One needs a story like that every once in a while for the uplift value.  |
