School: Árd-Fhearta
- Location:
- Ardfert, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tomás Ua Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 003
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- About two miles from Tralee on the road to the Spa is a place called West Kerries. an old woman lived there at the time of the Whiteboys. She had a large sum of money in gold in the house. This day she was very much afraid that her house would be raided. She put the money into a large crock and went out of the house. She was seen by one of the servants going into an old orchard where she hid it. In a short time after the old woman dies and they searched everywhere for the crock of gold but up to this day it was never found.
- Collector
- Eileen Savage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardfert Oughter, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Savage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardfert Oughter, Co. Kerry
