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    Ballinderry is a small town-land near Moate in Co. Westmeath. Some years ago some American gentlemen from Harvard University came over to Ireland in search of antiquarian treasures. There was a large mound on some boggy land owned by my father. The gentlemen asked his permission to search it and after some digging they found many valuables chiefly a silver pin a chess-board, a sanctuary lamp, an old boat, animal bones and one human skull; that of a woman all of which were found beside an old house which sunk twenty feet from the surface.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballinderry, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Doreen Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toorfelim, Co. Westmeath