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School: Caonach (roll number 14923)

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Keenagh Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 225

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    There is an old Fort in the townland of Letterkeen in the parish of Newport.
    It is enclosed by a deep trench. There are deep caves in that Fort and lights are seen by several people in it.
    About a year ago a crowd of young men from Shramore dug a part of it, and they got a pot full of bones.
    They left the bones after them and they brought the pot and sold it for thirty shillings.
    Two young men Michael Walsh Lena, and Michael Walsh Bunaveela both in the Parish of Crossmolina were with the men from Shroamore who dug the pot. John Macmanamon
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh G. Lynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keenagh Beg, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dooleeg Beg, Co. Mayo