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Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 328

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    There are supposed to have been buried years ago in an underground chamber in one of the Danish castles in Clonmines.
    A boy by the name of Murphy worked on this farm where the castle stands. This event happened about two hundred years ago. Murphy was employed as a cowboy.
    He was rather a wild boy and he visited a house near Clonmines to listen to a old man by the name of Doyle telling stories of fairies and treasures.
    He was telling a story this night of money buried in Tintern. Murphy said, "You are always telling about things far away. Do you know of anything
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Hore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Baile Nua, Co. Loch Garman
    Informant
    Martin Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Cluain Mín, Co. Loch Garman