School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)
- Location:
- Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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- (continued from previous page)and began to dig under the whitethorn bush. They were very afraid. When they had dug a little the cock began to flap his wings and crow. The father and son became frightened and ran away. They never went back again and no one else has made an attempt to unearth the treasure since.
There is a pot of gold hidden beside a byre belonging to Pat. Mc. Govern Mullaghmore, Killargue, Co. Leitrim. No attempts have been made to unearth it. Cecil Keyes, Mullaghmore, Killargue, Co. Leitrim. Story told by James Reilly, Mullaghmore, Killargue, Co. Leitrim, aged 50 years.- Collector
- Cecil Keyes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim