School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)
- Location:
- Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Domhnaill
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- There was a treasure hidden many years ago in an old rath in the townland of Formill. It was supposed to have been placed there by some rich person hundreds of years ago when the country was under the English. It was hidden here because the person who owned it chose this spot as a place of safety.
Attempts were made to find it, several times and at length it was discovered. The man who got the treasure, brought it home with him, but had not been more than three hours in his house when he died.
The treasure consisted of a crock of gold. It was valued at about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Shevlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Knockavolis, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- George Shevlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Knockavolis, Co. Monaghan
