School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 008
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About four miles from my home, at a placed called Cabra, near the Hill of Tara, there lives a woman called Mrs Nicholas Devine. She did not always live here. She was on the look out for one of the new labourer's cottages and she got one at Cabra. Some time afterwards Mrs Devine was making a small outdoor house. When she was removing the old floor she was surprised to find an old jam-crock full of gold sovereigns and half sovereigns; worth thirty six pounds. Mrs Devine could not believe her good look until one of the neighbours, Mr Hilliard assured her that her find was genuine. From(continues on next page)
