School: Cill Cúlach

Location:
Kilcooly, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0251

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  1. There was an old man living in Ballyfinton whose name was Thomas Kerins he was living in an old house near the road. He used to go out every night. When he was going home one night he met a white man in the of the road and he gave him a pot of gold, a few nights after he came and asked for the pot of gold, and he had it spent.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Stankard
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Stankard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfintan, Co. Galway
  2. It is believed that there is an enchanted road leading from a fort down the north side of Ballydugan hill and that the French army will yet come on horseback along that
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