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Show lHr r f4 ST. PATRICK'S HOLY WELL This holy well, known as th "Eye" well, is situated at Struell Hill near Downpatrick, and close to it are two others known as the "Bathing" and "Drinking" wells. i ; clothing for the men, and munitions of war, without which America might still be a British colony. It is also shown that the Irish nlso participated In all the great events of history during the Revolution. Fulton, 4he inventor of the steamboat, steam-boat, was an Irishman, O'Reilly brothers, broth-ers, the inventors of telegraphy, and McCormick of the reaping machine fame were Irish. The first history of the United States was written by an Irishman by the name of Ramsey, and thus we might go through every avenue of war, commerce, science, literature, invention inven-tion and discovery, ami still find Iri s!-men s!-men occupying prominent places in !) van of each. |