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School: An Clochar, Baile Mhic Ealgóid, Tráighlí

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Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
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Ss. Ó Conchobhair
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    6. Not far from my house is a field called "Páirc na Cróma". It is said that there is a treasure hidden here. It is also said that it was a man by the name of Mr Greaney of Droum who hid it there. An uncle
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    are old walls in the shape of an old fort. There was a servant named Jerry Leary who worked for many a year with my grandfather Jeremiah Lenihan. One day he was digging close by the wall when the stones fell loosely out of the wall. He saw a little hole + he picked up pieces of old gold and up to forty coins. He sold them to a jeweller and they realized £90.
    Michael Lenihan
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    Castleisland
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Kerrisk
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garraun More, Co. Kerry