School: Fíodhnach (C.), Ráthluirc (roll number 4470)
- Location:
- Feenagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Ghrádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 036
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- This information was received from my mother who got it from her mother. She is a farmers wife, and lives in the townland of Kilmurry. She is about forty years. Forts
There is a fort situated very near our house, and this story is connected with it.
One evening a girl was plucking cabbage in the garden, and when she looked up, she saw a man standing beside her, and he told her to come a long with him so she did, and the next place she found herself, was in a room full of gold. She went to touch the gold, but she never found herself well after. A few weeks later she died. There was a big bull minding it, but he did not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmurry (Archer), Co. Limerick
