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School: Largy (roll number 10509)

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Largy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tadhg Mac Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 314

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  1. A Hidden Treasure

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    On the top of Benbow mountain there lies a small lake in which a treasure was supposed to have been hidden. People say that this treasure was hidden about two hundred years ago but no one knows who hid the gold.
    The people around the place tried to drain the lake but none of them succeeded in finding the treasure. It is said that these treasures have been hidden before the people turned to the Catholic religion.
    In the townland of Largy there lived a man named Bartley Rooney in the nineteenth century. This man was very rich and had plenty
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M.J. Mc Garraghy
    Gender
    Unknown
    Informant
    Mr Martin Devaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Glebe, Co. Leitrim