School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 275
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- In the vicinity of Ballagh in the county Roscommon there is tradition says a hidden treasure.
Away back in the centuries a famous highwayman named "O'Hara" lay concealed in the hills of this place. He plundered and robbed and was supposed to have a large quantity of wealth. But finally he was captured and put on trial in the neighbouring town of Carrick-on-Shannon. Like many other highwaymen of the time he was sentenced to be hanged. This is supposed to have come to pass on Gallows Hill in Carrick-on-Shannon.
When about to mount the scaffold - O'Hara asked for a certain individual. But it seems the person was not among the audience. Then he addressed the whole assembly, and said, "that his wealth or whatever he possessed was hidden under a bracked stone in Lower Ballagh."
He made this confession in Irish, but there was a person there who understood Irish and so it was known what was said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dolly Stritch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Stritch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballagh, Co. Roscommon
