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School: Cill Cruain (C) (roll number 11187)

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Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
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Brighid Ní Náradaigh Cáit Bean Uí Standúin
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    possible to tell her friends what she saw. They soon hastened to the spot where she saw the gold. But a trace of the gold there wasn't to be found.
    The gold chalices must have been hidden in the time of the penal laws, and the fairies by some mis-chance or other must have got possession of them.
    There is supposed to be gold hidden under a stone glass opposite Pat Burke's old house in "The Lis" as it is called. One time men were ploughing in the field and they came across a stone which they could not lift and it is supposed that gold is under the flag.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Concagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Galway