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   A story in connection with Derry Donnell Castle. Derry Donnell castle was built by the Clann Richards and they lived there for some years. It got its name from Aodh Ó Domhnaill who spent a night there when he was going to attack Athenry. The Clann Richards had a great sum of money left there in a hiding place and Edward French knew where it was. One day he and others decided to take it and so they did. When the Clann Richards wanted it to pay some debt that was on them they found it was not there. By some means of enquiries they got to know who had taken it and they tried to take it from him but he had left this country. Nobody knew where it was because he had hidden it in a field in Clorane over which he had placed a rock as a mask. Some years after this Edward French died and he told a friend of his where he had hidden the

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
      2. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Derrydonnell More, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Eileen O' Regan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Athenry, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mr Kennedy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Athenry, Co. Galway