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School: Lisdoonan

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Lisdoonan, Co. Monaghan
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S. Mac an Éanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 232

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    The only hidden treasure I have heard about in this district is at Manann Lake. There are only stumps of walls remaining now where the castle once stood and quite adjacent to the castle is a very deep pool. Manann, the chief of the district in St Patrick's time is supposed to have buried his treasure at the bottom of this pool. This pool is situated on top of a high summit. At one time local people started to dig a trench to drain the lake. When they had it almost completed a messenger on a white steed came and sent them on an errand. It was only a fool's errand as when they came back there was a very very large stone in the cutting. The stone was so
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairead Mac Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Owen Mc Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormoy, Co. Monaghan