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School: Cnoc Cairn, Imleach Iubhair (roll number 10731)

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Tomás Ó Dúthaigh
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    Hidden Treasure
    About eighty years ago two men dreamt that there was a hidden treasure to be found in Ballysheedy Castle, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary which consisted of gold.
    One Sunday they went in search of it inside the entrance of the castle. After they were digging for some time headless horses and headless men leaped forwards and backwards over a fence near by, and very soon the men had to go away. This treasure was hidden by the Danes. The horses and men were there as safeguards.
    Later on a woman from Clonmel dreamt of the same treasure in the same place. On the following day she got a man to dig for this treasure on the opposite side of the entrance of the castle, to where the other men dug. He dug
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs M. Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    87
    Address
    Lackelly East, Co. Limerick