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School: Glendalough

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Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 371

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    During the time when Ireland was being invaded by the Danes there was a castle near Knockrath which is about four miles from Rathdrum, and three miles from the village of Laragh near Glendalough. In this castle there was a lot of gold. The people of the castle did not want to let the invaders get the gold and in order to do this they had to bury it I do not know who the castle people were. There is a river running near where the castle was, and beside the river there was a hole called Moll's Hole and they buried the gold in this hole, and they threw
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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
    Máirín Ní Bhroin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow