School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)

Location:
Harristown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 174

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  2. Long ago my father worked in a place called Killamery. It is a little village about nine miles away from here. In that village there is a field called the Moat on the left hand side of the road from here. In that Moat there is treasure hidden. People from that district hid it there. People hid it there when the Danes and Cromwell invaded Ireland. The first man to dig
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