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School: O' Connor Don

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Cloonbonniff, Co. Roscommon
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Mícheál Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 098

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    There is supposed to be a hidden treasure in the village of Clooncondra in a field belonging to a man named Hanly. Clooncondra was all a wood at one time and the wood-ranger lived in Hanley's field. There was a path out through the wood by which the wood-ranger used to go when he used be going to town. It is said he had a box of gold which he kept hidden under the ground. One day when he was coming from town his horse ran against a tree and both the wood-ranger and horse were killed instantly and no one ever knew where the box
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáitlín Ní Húiggin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonconra, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Hanly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonconra, Co. Roscommon