School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)
- Location:
- Durrow, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Sabhaois
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Story told by Mattie Devine 12 yrs small farmer's son Durrow.
I heard the following story from my mother Katie Dunne (Walsh) 45yrs of age a native of Three Castles Co Kilkenny.
There was a very poor man who resided in a little cottage in Kilkenny, who had a badly tattered coat. He happened to hear that there was a treasure buried in a wood in Kilkenny called the Black-Abbey. On the following day he went off with a spade to dig up the treasure. A monk who was slain there by the Danes appeared to him, and asked him to tell him what he required the money(continues on next page)
