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School: Ballinagh (C.)

Location:
Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 150

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    In this part of the country it is customery for people to dream of hidden treasures.
    About a mile from Ballinagh in the townland of Coolnacarrig there is a treasure, Charley McGahern was a very wealthy man and when he was dying his relations fought for his money so he ordered for it to be buiread at a bridge which afterwards was called Charley's bridge or the hidden treasure bridge.
    Outside the town of Mullagh in the Co Cavan where some member of a family dreamt of a pot of gold under a great stone
    In the morning
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Sheridan
    Gender
    Female