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School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt

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Effernan, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Seán de Nógla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 137

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  2. Sacred Vessels

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    Kilfidance church was a monastery long ago. When Cromwell was in Ireland in the year 1649 he was destroying the churches and priests. One day he was going to put fourteen monks to death and to destroy the monastery. They did not want to have the sacred vessels and holy books destroyed so they hid them in a mossy hill at the back of the graveyard which it is now.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laura Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slievedooley, Co. Clare

  3. Houlihan's Fort

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    There is a pot of gold hidden in Houlihan's fort by the Danes. Michael Houlihan and James Griffin went to look for it. They were frightened by a light and they went away
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