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

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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  1. A long time ago there was a pot of gold hidden in a farmer's house near my home called Mrs Shea's. There is a grave on the top of the hill called The Moat and it is called Cromwell's Grave. It was thought that he had a lot of soldiers with him. The meaning of the shawnreeact[?] is hard weather
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  2. There is a road going down by the Two Trees, and it is called the New Line. It was made in the Famine Times. There was a road going out by the Moat of Crohane. It was starting from Mrs Grace's in Newtown to the old Protestant Church in Crohane.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Crohane Upper, Co. Tipperary
  3. There is a holy well in Mr James Mc Carthy's Crohane and in Mr Kennedy's field. A long time ago there was a bishop killed in Killinan. His name was Bishop Tinan. There is a pot there and there is a lot of water in it. It is always bubbling. It is called The Boiling Pot. Where the
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