School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow
- Location:
- Muileann an Strangaigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 269
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- In Bishop's Hall mentioned under the heading of place names near the ruins of the old dwelling house there is supposed to be a subterranean room a secret room In early times a treasure was hidden here. A man named Blackmore stowed away cases of gold here belonging to his ancestors in this room
Shortly afterwards he was killed by a fall from a horse. The cases lay there for years One day a man named Freyne (Fraynen as pronounced locally) decided to search for this treasure. So together with a body of men and lamps he started out in search of this room. He succeeded in finding the room & there the cases of gold were just as Blackmore left them. There were nuggets of gold & vessels of silver By this time all the Blackmore family had died & there were no relations alive, so Freyne & his men shared the treasure between them.
- Informant
- Mrs Desmond
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cill an Ghaill, Co. Chill Chainnigh
