School: Ballinkillen, Muine Beag
- Location:
- Ballinkillin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Seán Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0906, Page 048
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- (continued from previous page)the neighbourhood who told him that he was very unlucky not to have found them at mid-night as the coins were 'magic money' which at 12pm with the passing by of the good pepole, becomes real money, and would stay real if found at that hour. Pat narrowling missed being a 'made' man.
- Dinn Rí was always associated with hidden treasure, either from historical times or from the presence of the fairies who made nightly journies from the Rath to another smaller one in the lands of Mr Duckett on the other side of the Barrow. Two brothers named Doyle, one of whom told this story were very interested int he treasure stories and were constantly on the look out to catch one of the siceoga napping. Passing the Burgage (the land on which Dinn Rí stands), one of the brothers was amazed to see a little man sitting in the hedge apparently reading something. The man made a sudden race towards the little fellow who in h is hurry to escape dropped the paper. The man picked it up and read
"On the south side shalt thou dig,(continues on next page) - Informant
- Robert Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Occupations
- Soldier
- Workman
