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School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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    Hidden Treasure.
    Long ago there was a road across the hill from Kiltanna, a townland in the parish of Knockaderry, and in the Co. Limerick, to Ballingarrry, a village about three miles eastward. A loot of gold was supposed to have been hidden there. At the same time there was a robber for trial in Cork, and he asked if there was any man from Knockaderry present that he would make a rich man of him, but there was none. The robber was supposed to have hidden the gold in Kiltanna hill. At the same time a woman from Knockaderry village had a dream about the gold, and she told four men. These four men went to dig for it in Kiltanna hill, which is now owned by Denis Sullivan of KIltanna. It is said that they dug
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Harrold
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aughalin, Co. Limerick