School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

Location:
Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 004

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  1. It is said that a hidden treasure is near Nenagh in an old ruin. One night a man was coming home from Dublin and he had a big amount of Silver. When he was crossing a field he was attacked by a man and killed. The man then took all of the money and buried it in the old ruin. Some years after another man was crossing that field and he saw where the treasure was. When he went home he told his friends about it. The next night the man and his friends went looking for it. When they were digging for short time they came upon a large flat stone. As they were about to raise the stone they were attacked by a red bull and had to go away.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Herbert
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Birdhill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Joseph Herbert
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Manager
    Address
    Birdhill, Co. Tipperary