School: Brosna (C.) (roll number 13019)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhúnaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 413
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- Nearly every parish abounds in folklore. Numerous are the stories that are told of the hidden treasures. The parish of Brosna can boast of its folklore. It is related that in the Landlord days a Landlord was travelling from Listowel to Cork with a large quantity of gold in his possession.
On his way he heard that he was being watched. When he came to a place called The Glen he hid the gold there. This Glen is in the parish of Brosna in a farm owned by Jack Cotter of Knegare.
When the Landlord arrived in Cork he was set upon by persons evidently in search of the gold. He was murdered without giving any information as to where he had hid the treasure. It has never been found although many attempts have been(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Horgan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
