School: Cill Éinne (Killina) (roll number 12818)
- Location:
- Killinny East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire C. Ní Ghríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0048, Page 0199
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- I used to hear the people saying that there is hidden treasure in one of our fields but no one ever went near it because there is a black hare minding it and my father said that any one that would go near it, the hare would kill them.
No one ever went near it on that account. There is a big stone like a headstone marking the spot which is in the middle of the field. The field is not near the boreen. It is near a rocky part of the laand land in West Killina. Hynes house is the nearest one to where this hidden treasure is.
My grandfather saw five candles lighting in it one night many year ago. All held by one hand only. He saw no other person only the hand. We never ploughed up that land. We use it for grazing always. One winter when fuel was scarce my Grand father cut the trees that were growing there. there is only one elder tree left.
- Collector
- Séamus Mac Giollarnat
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
