School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)
- Location:
- Cloyne, Co. Cork
- Teacher: E. Geeleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 259
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- (continued from previous page)In olden times the pirates were roving seas and brought in the gold that they captured; buried it in lonesome places. They once came this way and put the gold in this place. Then one of the pirates offered to mind the place near where the gold was hidden.It was only a few years ago since the grave where the man was buried was opened by people looking for gold. Several other attempts were made to find the treasure but no gold was found. There are several old stories told about the place. Some people saw a woman in a dream, others saw a bull and many heard a cock crowing.One story is told about the woman appearing in a dream to a man and telling him where the gold was hidden, and that he with two other men would find it; but one of the men would be killed. This frightened the man and he told his dream. Then the woman didn’t appear to any more because she told him not to tell his dream and she would come three nights to tell him all about it and he would get the gold. He went to dig for the gold where the woman told him, but he with a helper, got tired and gave up digging.The last unsuccessful attempt made to find the gold was only a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Lane
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Morrisson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyandreen, Co. Cork
