School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 359
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- In Rathmore grave-yard is supposed to have been hidden gold and silver jewels belonging to a very rich lady named Maura Cruice.
in the year 1400 those jewels were placed in a coffin and taken from Rathmore Castle and buried in and around Rathmore cemetry. Several attempts have been made to unearth this treasure but up to now have failed.
The buried treasure consists of diamond and pearl necklaces, gold rings, and brooches, which contained precious stones, and torques of gold enterined with precious diamonds, gold and silver eardrops, and thousands of precious stones and pearls, and a lot of valuable vessels out of Crowenstown Castle.
All those jewels are of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna M. Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr T. Brown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath
