School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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  1. People called Graham were building a house and they had another house in Modeshill but it was knocked down and they were bringing stones from it. One of the Grahams and a workman were breaking the hob and under a flag they found a canister and when they opened it they saw it was full of gold sovereigns. When they counted them they found that they had 150.
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    In Priestown cave there are a lot of little rooms

    In Priestown cave there are a lot of little rooms and in one of them there is a stone table and on it there is a horn and a whip and what is written on the table is:
    "He who cracks this whip and blows this horn will be the luckiest man that was ever born". In another room there is a rock the shape of a woman rocking a cradle. In the time
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Gerard Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Kyle, Co. Tipperary