School: Monaghan (Convent, Girls) (roll number 359)
- Location:
- Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sr Síle
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 189
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- Buried TreasureWhat queer, but interesting tales the old people have about buried treasure.
It happened that hundreds of years ago there lived powerful and wealthy chieftains in a place called Dernashallog, Co. Monaghan. These people were called McKennas, and they had their dún on top of a high hill. Nothing remains now to mark this spot save a raised mound. Yet a few yards from the mound there is a little hollow in the earth, and it is said that a well once existed there. It was dug down the depth of the hill, so that it came in level with the river nearly - a sheer depth of almost two hundred feet. Now it happened that there was a [?] of Saxon breed, named Anketell, living in the neighbourhood. Anketell knew that the Anketell family had gold and silver and [?] in plenty, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisgoagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- John Trainor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryhee, Co. Monaghan
