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School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)

Location:
Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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  1. A Hidden Treasure

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    About a mile from Kilmacowen school there is a great big field. In the middle of this field there is a very large stone - it is about eighteen feet high. It stands in the middle of the field. The old people say that there was a chieftain buried under this stone and that there was money buried with him. This place is very lonesome. The name of this field is "Galan" There was another stone standing in the same field. Some years ago my father and some others knocked it down. They found the bones of a person. This stone was about twenty feet high.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ted Harrington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Jerry Harrington
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Kilmackowen, Co. Cork