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School: Mercy Convent

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 008

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    Hidden Treasure
    15-11-1937
    About three miles from the town of Belturbet are the ruins of an old monastery called Drumlane Abbey. Near the ruins is a lake.
    It is said that during a war in Ireland the monks of the Abbey threw a large silver bell into the lake.
    One stormy day a man was out in a boat on the lake and he hit the bell with one of the oars and the bell rang. Four weeks after- wards there were people out in boats looking for the bell, but they could never hit it again and it has never been found.
    Evelyn Donohoe,
    Derrygeeraghan, Co. Cavan.
    I heard this story from Mr. Bernard O' Reilly, Derryerehan, Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
    He s about seventy-five years old.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Donohoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrygeeraghan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Bernard O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 75
    Address
    Derrygeeraghan, Co. Cavan