School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 249
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- 1. There is treasure supposed to have been hidden in the ruins of the doctors house on the lands of Mr. McKeever at Castletown. It is said that the gold was searched for and when the searchers had gone some feet down they found a spring and the water was of a yellow colour.2. In Mr Harlin's field there is a small ring and it is said that there is a pot of gold buried there. Many people dug for it but they never got it. Some say that after twelve o'clock if you dig you will get it. 3. There was once a man who was roofing an old house on Raffin Hill and it is said that it fell twice. The next time it fell he looked for and found some gold hidden in the fallen walls.
- Collector
- Thomas Monaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Carry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Cross Guns, Co. Meath
