School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

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1. The Limepark Treasure (continued)

   

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   But when Redmond said if there was he would leave him easy 'all the dear days of his life', so the young man yielded to the truth and O'Hanlon told him where the gold was hid. But whether he looked for the fortune ever afterwards I don't know.
   The people around here have a song called 'Pat O Hara' and we are told that it the same Pat which is mentioned in this story. It tells us he was born in Limerick.

   

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2. Pat O'Hara

   

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   Pat OHara I I am an Irish boy My heart is light with joy I owe my birth and fame to Limerick City I can handle well the twig And flitter and Irish jig I can give you a stave of any native ditty. II It was on St. Patrick's day The truth I like to say I slipped across the green fields light and airy I was always up for fun. And rare was known to run For that would be a disgrace to sweet Shillelagh

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
            1. treasure legends (~7,411)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire S. Ní Chatháin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Informant

   James Ward

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crosswell, Co. Galway