School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)

Location:
Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin

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Hidden Treasure

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 007

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My father was a railway linesman and when I was done school I got a job on the railway. Tending a builder I wa at first. We were one day building a wall at the side of the railway near the Grey Wood in Knockmoylan district We were searching for suitable stones for the wall when we saw a very big stone with the inscriptions M U N Y F 1821.
Freeney the highwayman was supposed to have hidden gold here. He got word from some of his henchmen that mounted police were watching for him and he hid the gold under the stone & crossed that way to Ross.
The wall was built over the stone and no attempts have ever been made to unearth the gold.

Collector
Nellie Hennebry
Gender
female
Address
Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Informant
Michael Hennebry
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
Language
English