School: Clochar San Pól, Cill Fhíonáin (roll number 13026)

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1. Ballingarry Moat (continued)

   

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   of it. Two futile attempts were made during the past thirty years to trace its whereabouts. The first was by a man named Robert Walsh, popularly known as "Bob the Dandy" an extensive farmer from Knocklong. He came armed with pickaxes, spades, and shovels, and some blessed candles, On his way he visited one of the local pubs in Glenbrohane. There he procured a couple of bottles of John Jameson's. Then he rounded up a few of the local boy's to assist him in the discovery of the treasure. I assure you this was the easiest part of this work because they knew he had a little drop of the craythur. All proceeded to the old moat where they worked unceasingly till the small hours of the morning but I do not know if they found of real value and I have great doubts about it as none of them showed any signs of real prosperity or untold wealth even to this day. I subsequently met Walsh and he showed me what I took to be a pebble but what he represented as being a nugget of gold, found in the moat.

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         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary O' Donnell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Griston East, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Michael Quirke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55