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| St Kieran was the first Bishop of Ossory and he founded one |
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| of the oldest religious centers in Ireland. |
| He is thought to have preceeded St Patrick and his |
| background was pagan. |
| He travelled to Rome where he was baptised and later ordained |
| a priest and then Bishop. |
| He worked in Scotland, England and Wales before returning to |
| the Sliabh Bloom Mountain where he founded his monastery |
| in the mid fifth century. Before he died he entrusted |
| his monastery to God and to St Cartha, the patron |
| Saint of Kilcar. |
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| St Kieran's day is on the 5th March and on this day people go to his well here in Kilcar to honour him |
| and to pray to him. Kilcar was once known as Kilkieran, in reference to the church of Kieran. |
| Today there is a holy well in Kilcar and a stone slab showing a Latin Cross. |
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| This well is located near our house and this is where we got the name for our home. |
| Local people have great faith in the water from St Kieran's well as it is supposed to have the |
| cure for warts and backache. |
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