Ireland, County Donegal, Fanad penisula, St Columbkille (St Colmcille) well, Pilgrims ex voto and offerings Legend has it that

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Ireland, County Donegal, Fanad penisula, St Columbkille (St Colmcille) well, Pilgrims ex voto and offerings Legend has it that St Columbkille was travelling in the Fanad area around 550 AD when he lost his prayer book, He then came across a deer drinking out of this well, His prayer book was impaled on the deer antlers, Delighted at having found it, he blessed the well which has been a place of pilgrimage ever since,

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Location: County Donegal
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