School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 193

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    applied for and got a few days
    leave.
    He came to Boyle, inquired
    for Tawnytakin which is a few
    miles east of the town, and
    when coming by a place know
    as “Butlers” about a mile
    distant from Tawnytaskin he
    recognised in the distance the
    hill of his dreams which is
    now and was then known
    as the “Carraigin” and is situated
    on the farm of my grandfather
    John J. Coleman.
    On reaching the place
    he interviewed the then owner
    of the farm, Bob Coleman the
    great- great- grandfather of the
    writer of this story.
    He immediately
    recognised him as one of
    the three men seen in his
    dream and made inquiries about
    the other whom he mentioned
    by name although he had
    never met them before. Their
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Location
    Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Kathleen Barnes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John J. Cole
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon