School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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- Collector
- Maurice Devaney
- Gender
- Male
- Somewhere along a straight line from the top of Druim Asail to the top of Cnoc Fírinne a giant is buried. In his coffin was placed a lot of gold. No one has ever found it.
- "Where the "high gardens" are now there was a grave-yard long ago and there used be noises heard there". (Murphy O h Aoda a fuaip ó n a rean-mácaip ir ó mnaor cile, bpíd nic Geapaiht.) Note: These "high gardens" were part of the Dunraven property and it is highly probable that they are the "gardens of Croome" which were confiscated in 1642. The position of the graveyard supposed above to have been there, differs but very slightly with that mentioned in Cuid I as having been opposite Mulqueen's Hotel. All this district-where the graveyards are said to have been - are in Skagh and Westropp mentioned, I think in Vol. 25 Proc. of R.I.A that there was a church known as Teampall Sceac in(continues on next page)