School: An Gleann, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Gortcallyroe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Méadhbh Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 136
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- Long ago there were a man and his wife living in Kilbane. They used to go out singing songs in the day and playing on harps for a while in the night. They lived in a small house about a mile from Kilbane. The ruins of the house are still to be seen. The field is called "Oidhhe agus la Ceól." Their names were Bill and Sis Toohey. The two of them died the same night and the harps were never found until a few years after they died. One day when a man was ploughing the field he found the two harps.
- It is said that there was gold buried in a field in Finlay called "Poll an Airgead." The Danes buried it. A man began to dig for it. He had dug nearly through all the field(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Smyth
- Gender
- Male
