School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)off and left the horse minding it. When he came back he took away the horse and the gold away with him
The treasure that is hidden in Carrigeen rath is supposed to have been hidden there by the Danes. It is a golden cross and some pots of gold and and silver. The Danes it is said had stolen them from some church and hid them there. It is said that they are in the middle of the rath. No attempts have ever been made to unearth them.
A hare is supposed to guard it and when anyone goes to touch it the hare turns into a wich.
There is another treasure in Carrigeen bog. No one knows who put it there. It is supposed to be twelve bars of gold and some silver cups. Some people say that some king hid it there and that it was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dermot Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Joseph Kavanagh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen North, Co. Kildare
