School: Murher (B.) (roll number 13540)

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   “There was a man who lived in a place called Tullamore in the west of Kerry.”

   

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   There was a man who lived in a place called Tullamore in the West of Kerry. He was very poor and one day he started off to seek employment. He was sent by a man for whom he worked to knock an old wall. He worked away until ten o'clock and then he met a very large flag. He tried to lift it but it was too heavy. He gathered a few of the neighbours, and they dug around the stone. They lifted up the stone. They then found it was a very large flag and when they lifted it they found a metal pot with a heavy lid on it. When the lid was lifted they were suprised to find a pot containing a large amount of

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   William Flaherty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55

   Address

   Aughrim, Co. Kerry