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Water Divining

"The old Browne and Nolan copy-book containing a hand-written eight-page transcript of prepared questions and answers for an interview broadcast on 14/03/1936 from Sundays Well, Cork to Radio Eireann, Dublin. My Grandfather Daniel J. Murphy, Cork City water diviner of over 30 years experience, explained in detail the science and process of his gift. Mathematically determining gravitation and depth of discovered springs and advantages of certain rock formations. He is credited by my elders with having discovered the freshwater spring on Garnish Island, Co. Cork and also at Christ the King Church, Turners Cross, Cork. His fee believed to be a guinea a time. "

Submitted by: Marguerite Bartley