School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)
- Location:
- Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0798, Page 169
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- Long ago a certain chief of an now unknown tribe lived on the east coast of Ireland. Everyone in the tribe liked him very much as he was a just leader. One day they marched down the coast to where Bray is now. They kept close to the sea. The chief died in Bray. The tribe chose a little field in which to bury him. It was not far from the shore. Then they set about burying him. each one of the tribe brought all sorts of valuables: gold caskets, silver ornaments, gold armlets, horns, drinking cups, hair bands, hundreds of medals, coins and everything that would make a suitable offering.
The whole tribe assembled to bury their chief and tradition has it that they secured two stone chests and filled them with all the gold and treasures.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Niall Ó h-Eoghanáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Strand Road, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr William Mc Lellan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Gentleman
- Address
- Victoria Avenue, Co. Wicklow
