School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)
- Location:
- Knocklong, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Néill
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Damer's Gold About the time when Cromwell invaded Ireland, there lived in Shronell in Co. Tipperary, a candle maker named Damer who was an Italian. When the monks of Cashel Abbey heard that Cromwell was invading the monasteries, they packed all their gold and silver into ferkins and put a light coat of tallow over them. Cromwell took the Abbey, and held an auction on all the goods there. Damer went to the auction and purchased two of the supposed ferkins of tallour. When he reached home he plied at his trade, and digging down into one of the ferkins, he found instead of tallour, gold, silver and other valuable things. Hurrying to the Abbey, he purchased the remaining ferkins. Damer became one of(continues on next page)
