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School: Tír Dhá Ghlas (Terryglass) (roll number 13436)

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Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Gliasáin
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    About two hundred years ago there lived in North Tipperary a famous rapparee known as William Brennan. This rapparee robbed the nobles and lords and rich men he met with, but he never robbed a poor person.
    This robber mostly robbed by night and rested by day. It is said that he was resting with his horse in Drominagh near Lough Derg and he had a bag of gold with him.
    One of the members of the Biggs family came upon him and stole the bag of gold. It is said that with this money a bridge was built over the Ballyfinboy river at Drominagh. A stone slab is still to be seen in this bridge which still
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Ryan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 63