School: Tír na nEascrach
- Location:
- Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0225
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“There is a lios near Boula about 3 miles from here.”
There is a Lios near Boula about 3 miles from here in the Parish of Portumna not far from Killanminogue graveyard. This man who lived near the Lios heard a voice several times at night telling to look for the treasure. After hearing the voice several times the man took courage and asked how he was to get it. The voice told him he would have to pass thro' three doors in the Lios and that the treasure was inside the third door. The voice also told him to go to the forge and to get the smith to make a knife with one heat only and to keep the knife in his hand. The man let out his mind to(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Andrew Muldoon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycrossaun, Co. Galway