School: Cnapach
- Location:
- Knappagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hionruaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 060
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- (continued from previous page)it. It was the owner's of land who tried. When they dug down about four feet in the ground they heard a terrible noise below them and they ceased digging at once.
It consists of a crock of gold and is covered with a very large stone. The value of it is not known. It is said to be in coins.
There was no treasure ever discovered in that townland, but there was one found in the neighbouring townland. It was a small rusted old kettle of gold found buried in a simple place in an old mossy ridge.
The man who discovered it took it to the Exchange Office in Dublin, and got money for it which amounted to about one hundred pounds.
- Collector
- Martha Mc Cann
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drokaghbane, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Mc Cluskey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Mullan, Co. Cavan
