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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 176

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    Hidden Treasure
    5th Nov; 1937
    There is a place called "Cnoc an Óir" at the back of the Moat in the townland of Teemore in the parish of Granard, Co. Longford, which means "The Hill of Gold".
    At the time of the Danish Wars in Ireland people hid gold there for safety and at that time it was worth £300. They expected to have the gold dug up again when the Danes had gone out of Ireland.
    This gold was never got up to the present, as
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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
    Agnes Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Mulligan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford