School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire
- Location:
- Newport, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr Bertrand
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 187
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- About two miles west of Newport there is a place called Killeen. The old people tell us that there is money hidden there under a white torn bush. Some years ago, a woman in Nenagh dreamt three nights in succession of this place, although she had never heard the name Killeen, before that. In her dream she saw a white thorn bush and was told that there was money hidden under it. On a certain day after, she was in Nenagh and asked somebody if he knew of any place called Killeen. He told her where it was, and the way to go there. She got a car and went there without delay when she was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 17
- Informant
- Patrick Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Cragg, Co. Tipperary
