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School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)

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Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
B. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 138

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    Hidden Treasure
    Around the burial ground of Kill, in the Co. West Meath, there is a treasure hidden This treasure was hidden by monks four centuries ago. The monks lived in a monastery the ruins of which remain still. This chest contains gold, it is said, and gold ornaments. The of the monastery are still there and the ruins of a chapel and school also. These monks hid the treasure because the Catholics were being murdered by the Protestants and if they did not hide it the (Prodes) Protestants would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Hickey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rosemount, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Bermingham
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Horseleap, Co. Westmeath / Co. Offaly