School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 221
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The guarded pots of gold
Townland: - Kilcoleman
Town:- Ballaghadereen
Barony:- Costello
County:- Roscommon
Related by:- Michael Philips, Edmonstown, Age 73
Written by: - Gordon Freyne Age 13
Address:- Arondale. Ballaghadereen. Co RoscommonThe following story still exists in the neighborhood of Ballaghaderreen.
An old man named Pat Maguire who had his residence in Tobracken, had a wonderful dream. He dreamt that in the graveyard of Kilcoleman there were three guarded pots of gold. They were guarded by a black cat, a large worm, and a small pony. He dreamt that no man unless his name was Maguire could get the gold. He thought that he could not get it except at midnight as its guards would ten be gone away. If it happened that they returned while he would betaking the gold they would kill him.
He told his wife his dream in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gordon Freyne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Michael Philips
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
