School: Dún Gaill (Dungeel) (roll number 12824)
- Location:
- Dungeel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam de Róiste
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- In olden days there lived a servant boy in this district who was employed by his master carting sand from Ballykissane quay.
One day as he was filling his load he came upon the body of a dead sailor. Without causing any alarm he searched the pockets of the dead man wherein he found a substantial purse of gold.
He put it securely in his inside pocket and went home with his load of sand.
Some time afterwards he left his masters employment, bought a farm and got married to the daughter of his employed. He had a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Queenie Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolbane West, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Jack Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male