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   “There is an old Castle in currane which was once owned by the Burkes but there is only the ruins of it left now.”

   

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   There is an old Castle in Currane which was once owned by the Burkes but there is only the ruins of it left now. Two men Pat Walsh and Tom Walsh dreamt one night that if they went to that spot at twelve o clock they would get a pot of gold so they went that night to the Castle. When they lifted up the flag the pot of gold was under it. When they stooped to take the pot of gold a man stood by them and he told them that if they wanted the pot of gold they would have to give him a drop of their own blood. So they said that they would not give him the blood. The man disappeared. They made another attempt to take the pot of gold and as they were lifting up the pot of gold but a snake

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Mac Giobúin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Toormore West, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Tomás Ó Cleary

   Other names

   Tomás Ó Cleary

   Tomás Ó Cléirigh

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Toormore West, Co. Mayo