School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cappamore

Location:
Cappamore, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Benin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0521, Page 162

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  1. When Patrick Sarsfield routed the Williamite soldiers at Ballyneety in August 1690 when in his own words :-
    The Dutch steal down from Cashel town
    With powder and ball and cannon
    And flat tin boats to be used as floats
    In the marshes of the Shannon.
    But their guns we'll take,
    And their guns we'll stake,
    Pile powder and ball, tin boats and all
    Their mouths the brown earth under,
    And we'll blow the heap asunder.
    Well after Sarsfield had "blown the heap asunder" it is said he discovered a wagon of gold belonging to to William near the old castle and to repay his soldiers for their great night's work, he allowed every man to dip
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Sarsfield's Rock, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Nuanáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromsallagh, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Nóra Ní Chonghaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towerhill, Co. Limerick