1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

Location:
Noan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghormáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 385

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 385

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile
  2. XML Page 385
  3. XML “Gold in a Lake”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Gold in a Lake

    Share Share Post
    Most people have heard of Ballyownen, the home where Pierce McCann was born and reared. It lies about a mile to the north of Dualla village. A lake is situated just behind the house and the hill of Sliabth na Mara rises over it. The Clan McCarthy were chieftans here in Pre-Norman days, and there is a tradition that on the coming of Strongbow's army from Thurles, the Clan McCarthy buried all their gold somewhere close to the lake, and then shot two of their own soliders and buried them in the same hiding place to protect as it were, the gold from invaders.
    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
    John O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinure, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Ballinure, Co. Tipperary