School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)happened in the year (1848) No one ever made an attempt to find it.
This hidden treasure is supposed to be golden sacred vessels, and is supposed to be hidden in Kilmurray part of the bog. They were removed from the Altar and wheeled in a box barrow across to some place in Kilmurray. The churches nearest, were the church on Scannragh Hill and Kilclonfert church. About 40 years ago a man named Cosgrove was shovelling a river in Cappagh which is in Kilclonfert near Ned Brennan's. He came on a large oak box in the side of the river and Mr Going would not allow him to stir it.
- In Ballinagar three miles from Kilmurray a man named John Devoy at the foot of his own garden found a crock of copper coin, about five years ago. A good deal of these coins had the head of Queen Victoria stamped on them. It was found in the trunk(continues on next page)
