School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

Location:: Shronell, Co. Tipperary
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over from England and settled down in Clonmel. He was a very clever man, he bought land in the cheap times, and sold it in the dear times. He gained a lot of money. There is a man in it now by the name of John Hogan. He has a (man) farm in it. Damer gave some of the land to a deer and it is now called Deerpark. Damer's court was so big that is was called DamerVille. Damer was married and had a wife, and his wife was great for talking so he built a castle up in Mount Bruis, and locked her in and fed her on bread and water.
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On Treasures

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There did a man live in Shronell about a hundred years ago. His name was Thomas Murphy. He was in bed one night and he dreamt of a treasure being found at some bridge around Shronell or Ballinard. He said to his wife when he got up in the morning.
"I was dreaming last night of a jar of gold found underneath a bridge. His wife told him to go and find it, so he went up to the bridge of Ballinard and started to dig there underneath it. So he was digging away and he stuck his

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