School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)

Location:
Boher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Margaret A. Malone

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Hidden Treasure - Gortmore

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 267

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Mrs Bonfields of Gurtmore, who is now over 80 years, told me this story about the hidden treasure of Gurtmore. Her Uncle John Corcoran was an officer in the Fenian Army. Every three months an army of three hundred men came to Gurtmore to drill there. The money with whic they were paid was left at Corcoran's house. After a time a report went out that the house was going to be raided. The army had not come there for a long time and there was a lot of money there. Mrs. Corcoran was afraid that her two sons would be transported and she asked her husband to hide the money. One Sunday when everybody was at Mass he took the gold and put it in a pot with a sash and a gold badge and buried it somewhere outside. He was not out five minutes

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Collector
Nora Gleeson
Gender
female
Address
Cranna, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Mrs Bonfield
Gender
female
Age
over 80
Address
Gortmore, Co. Tipperary
Language
English