School: Árd an Teampoill (roll number 12568)
- Location:
- Mount Temple, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhoicheadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 229
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- My father, John Gillen, Dernish Island, Parish of Ahamlish, County Sligo, tells me there is a great treasure hidden about two hundred yards from the back of our house. This news was told to him by an old grandfather of his, who planted trees in the spot where the treasure is supposed to be hidden beneath a big rock on a little hill called "cnoc breac." The rock is a very peculiar shape, and is shaded by little blackthorns and other shrubs. The treasure is supposed to be gold ornaments. It is supposed that those precious articles belonged to old Irish chiefs.
- There is a hidden treasure situated in the townland of Gortnaleck, in a field owned by James Moffat, in the Parish of Ahamlish, Co. Sligo. The field is supposed to be an old King's cemetry. There are three circles of high stones in that(continues on next page)
