School: Virginia (C )

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 325

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  1. Very early in the nineteenth century, fishermen who were fishing along the big island of Lough Ramor noticed peculiar shapes on the bottom of the lake. They investigated the matter and poked up a hundred valuable vessels.
    Tradition relates that a band of outlaws known as the Sons of Death went in hiding on the island during the invasion of the Danes. They were wild Irish youths who imitating the Danes quickly learned to rob and plunder.
    In all probability those valuable vessels were plundered from the monasteries or big houses. King Malachy
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Meta Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan