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School: Cordangan, Tiobraid Árann (roll number 9670)

Location:
Cordangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 301

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    My father and mother told me that there was a boot full of gold hidden in Cordangan Mountain and it was found by a man called Daimer.
    Before this man was hanged he said "Is there any man here from Ballyglass', tell him that there is a boot of gold hidden in Mulcahy's Hill. The man who found the boot of gold was said to be the richest man in the world. There were many other top boots of gold found in Cordangan Mountain. An old saying used to be ''you are rich as as Daimer''. Treasure found under the Rock of Thorobh on the Slievenamuc Hills.
    There is gold hidden under the
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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
    Josephine Kinane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass Lower, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    William Kinane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Gortaknockeare, Co. Tipperary