School: An Clochar, Roscrea

Location:
Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 037

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  1. When Cromwell came to Ireland he plundered and robbed all the monastries. When the monks in Monoincha heard this, they gathered all the holy vessels and put them into a box. They got a boat and they sailed out into the middle of the lake near the monostery and let it
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Saunders
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs J. Brophy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 50