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School: Caisleán an Doire (Derry Castle), Cill Dá Lúa (roll number 5424)

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Killary, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Piaras Mac Lúcáis
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  1. XML School: Caisleán an Doire (Derry Castle), Cill Dá Lúa
  2. XML Page 081
  3. XML “Gort na Muc”
  4. XML “Stone Field - Minogue's Haggart”
  5. XML “Dohany's Meadow”

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  1. Gort na Muc

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English

  2. Stone Field - Minogue's Haggart

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    The man named Helebert had a dream that there was gold hidden in this field. He took some "geana" (Easter Water) with him & started digging for the gold. The bull with chains came from the Shannon (Lough Derg) & attacked him. He kept sprinkling the "geana" but at last his strength failed & he had to go home. It appeared that when a person had money hidden he usually shot a person or a bull to look after it for him.
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  3. Dohany's Meadow

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    The Derrycastle Estate was once owned by a Mr Head who had a servant named Denis Walsh. Walsh was one day going through Dohany's Meadow & he saw three men carrying a coffin. He helped them to carry it to the Shannon - where it was put in the water & it floated away. Walsh was then told to go
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