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School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)

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Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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    The Cave in the Mound
    Townland: Barnaboy
    Barony: Costello
    County: Roscommon
    Related By: Mrs Spellman Ballaghaderen
    Age: 45 years
    Written By: Liam Spellman Ballaghaderen
    Age: 11 years
    Away out in the country where my grandfather lives is a little round patch of land surrounded by a wall about nine feet high. In the center of this little patch there is a cave down deep in the ground covered on top by a huge flat stone like a cement floor. My grandfather has often tried to life the stone but he has never succeeded. He tells that there is a wonderful treasure in the cave. His grandfather told him that in the time of Cromwell, when the priests were hunted from their Churches they carried away with them most of their golden vessels and hid them in this cave. There they remain as nobody has entered the cave since.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Spellman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Spellman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon