School: Craughwell (B)
- Location:
- Craughwell, Co. Galway
- Teacher: E. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0102
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- (continued from previous page)back he saw that the "leipreacán" was gone and was disappointed. He went to the tree thinking the "Treasure" might be in it but it wasn't.
He continued his work very "brónach". He had not much work done till he found the "leipreacán" and the "pot of gold" and he was very much pleased. The tree is there yet and the place the "leipreacán" was caught. Nobody knows what he did with the gold. Some people say he sold it.
Twenty years an other boy named Matty Maloney found a "pot of gold" when rooting for a rabbit in a "leachtán" of stones. He didn't see the "leipreacán".
There is a rock in the land of John Morrissey Carrigeen. It was said some years ago that there was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádhraic Ó Callanáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen East, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen East, Co. Galway
