School: Girley, Kells (roll number 5007)
- Location:
- Girley, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhic Mheanmain
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- In the townland of Fordstown where I live, there is a farm belonging to the Misses McNally Kells. In the middle of one of the fields there is a lone sycamore tree, with very wide spreding branches which is called Ford tree. Under it there are three graves in the shape of a triangle round the tree. In one of the graves a man named Ford is buried and it is marked by a huge flat stone. In the other two graves his favourite horses and dogs are buried.
The grave which is marked by a flat stone contains a lot of gold and treasure which was buried there in the coffin with Ford. About 50 years ago the police then stationed at Fordstown tried to find the treasure. When a short time digging, the grave became so interwoven with roots, that they failed in their design and the treasure is still there.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martha Conry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fordstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr Farrell Conry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fordstown, Co. Meath
