School: Monaghan (Christian Bros.) (roll number 16723)
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- Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ó Floinn
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- (continued from previous page)neighbours bought the land giving a great price, each one thinking the buried treasure was in his part. Though a great search was made no money was ever got. People still hope to find it.
- In the locality in a remote part of Co Monaghan there is a place called Formil Fort. It is situated in the village of Ballytoarin which is about fourteen miles from Monaghan town.
Old people say that a crock of gold is buried there in the Fort. A man called Tom McCabe with other men was lighting a bonfire. One of the men went to get firewood near the fort. He fell into the bushes. As he lay in the(continues on next page)