School: Ballintemple
- Location:
- Ballintemple, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Nic Eoin
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- Hidden Treasure
A man named Thomas Briody of Corduff in the parish of Ballintemple,
Co. Cavan was cutting turf one time in Corduff bog and he found the full of a pot of gold Guineas buried in the bottom of the bog-hole.
This story was told to me by
James Galligan
Corduff,
Ballintemple, Parish,
Ballinagh
Co. Cavan.
Written by Frank Jackson
Ballintemple N.S.,
Ballinagh,
Co. Cavan.
- Collector
- Frank Jackson
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corduff, Co. Cavan
- It is said there is a treasure hid in Drumhilla fort in parish of Ballintemple, Co. Cavan.
The entrance begins at Carrigan creamery also in Ballintemple Parish, and no one has ever got in, for when they would go a little way a swarm of bees would come out in their faces and if they got in they would have to leave some dead animal in its place(continues on next page)
