School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 287

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 287

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  1. The treasure which I am going to write about lies hidden close to or under the golf links on the lands of Dinn Ferry, Kill, Dunfanaghy. I have often heard the story told. It would be about ninety years ago a pirate-ship was pursued on the high seas, she eluded her pursuers and came in to Sheep Haven Bay.
    The gold which she carried was plundered from many lands and from ships at and was lowered into a small boat and the robbers sailed into Kill strand. These sailors wanted some mark in which to find the treasure again, so the mark they took was, when they looked through the belfry of the old church at Clondahorky they could see the moon, and when they moved two paces to the right
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Harkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    James Harkin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal