School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- An Bealach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 158
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A Dane lived in Ballagh Castle and he had a way of making drink out of the heather and one night a party of men followed him and they caught him near John Ryan's in Clonoulty. And they told him they would kill him if he did not tell them the secret and he told them he could not tell them how to make the drink but he would tell them where the gold was. He told them it was hidden opposite Ballagh Castle and when they went to look for it they did not know what 'opposite' meant.
- (e) Land League House:
Maud of Dundrum evicted one of his tenants for failing to pay rent and all the people around Dundrum brought a load of stones to Ballagh(continues on next page)
