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School: An Clochar, Roscrea

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Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0549, Page 039

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    When Cromwell's soliders went out to the Holy Island to attack Saint Cronon and his monks Saint Cronon saw him coming and he went into the monastery and got all the scared vessels and other treasures and hid them in the Island. Then he went across the river with the other monks to the other side. When the soliders come they went into the monastery to look got the treasure when they found none they burnt the monastrey.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr William Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60