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School: An Gleann Garbh (roll number 2379)

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Glengarriff, Co. Cork
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Caoimhín Ó Séaghdha
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    “They say a treasure is hidden in Páirc an Gruagaigh in Coomerkane.”

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    They say a treasure is hidden in Páirc an Gruagaigh in Coomerkane. It was put there by the White-boys.
    The White-boys were running with their lives from other people who were following them.
    One of the White-boys told a man, that if he followed him he would be rich as long as he lived. He never got up to him, but he found a spade in Páirc an Ghruagaigh and it was said that it was there the gold was hidden. It was never found.
    The treasure was a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Failbhe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coorannel, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádraig Ó Failbhe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coorannel, Co. Cork