School: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4126)

Location:
Scart, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 182

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  3. XML “Hidden Treasure”
  4. XML “Story about Durane's Fort”

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  2. Long ago when Cromwell was in Ireland some of the people of Ireland went under the ground into forts and hid with their money. Some of the soldiers of Cromwell often searched for them but it was of no use. Among the people that lived in the forts there was an old man and his son. Every night when the soldiers were asleep the people in the forts gathered heather on the mountains. During the day they stayed in the forts, because they were afraid of the soldiers.
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