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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Leighlinn an Droichid

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Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow
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Sr Rosario
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0906, Page 077

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  1. Hidden Treasure - Dinn Ríogh

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    Hidden Treasure.
    Dinn Ríogh.
    About two hundred yards from the "Protestant Church" on the trunk road to Kilkenny, stands "Dinn Ríogh". There is supposed to be a crock of gold hidden underneath a mound there, but to my knowledge no one has ever attempted to discover the treasure.
    There is a well near the mound. Locally known as "St. Patrick's Well. One evening a girl went to this well for a can of water and she said that she saw a little dwarf dressed in red sitting on the top of the mound, but as soon as he saw her he ran, and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máighréad Ní Foghludha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tomnaslough, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Miss Kitty Mc Cullogh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow