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School: Cnoc an Éalóidh (roll number 16562)

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Knockanelo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 431

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    Lesson 1 Hidden Treasure.
    During the period of the Penal Laws the English soldiers plundered this district. My great grandfather heard his house was to be raided and the soldiers were not far off.
    All the people who were in the house prepared to leave. They brought many things out. My great grandfather brought a vessel with him which contained a gallon of gold. They hid it in a cave in Grán Mór hill. They did not mark the place where the hid it. They looked for it a few days afterwards but they could not get it because they didn't mark the place where they left it and they never got it afterwards and it is said to be there still.
    Pádhruig Ó Caomháin
    Cnoc an Éalóidh
    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)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Ó Caomháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Pádhruig Ó Caomháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Knockanelo, Co. Mayo