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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
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S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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    One man made an attempt to get it but he was never heard of again. The hounds were seen once or twice by local people.
    I got this story from my brother Kevin (age 17 yrs) who got it from our uncle:-
    Thomas Ivory, Rathbride, Kildare, Co. Kildare.
    Signed Liam Tiernan. Milltown,
    Newbridge. Co. Kildare
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    One day about eighty years ago, two men who were fairly old at that time, went for a walk through the bog. Their names were John Cardiff and Michael Byrne. When they were going for a walk their idea was to pick some bog-berries, because they were their favourite fruit. They had to walk a long distance in from the edge of the bog, and when they reached the place where the berries were, they discovered they had walked from Hawkfield to Clongorey bog. The two friends stayed
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nell Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hawkfield, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr John Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Hawkfield, Co. Kildare