School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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- A long time ago there was a pot of gold hidden in a farmer's house near my home called Mrs Shea's. There is a grave on the top of the hill called The Moat and it is called Cromwell's Grave. It was thought that he had a lot of soldiers with him. The meaning of the shawnreeact[?] is hard weather
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- John Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Crohane Upper, Co. Tipperary
- There is a holy well in Mr James Mc Carthy's Crohane and in Mr Kennedy's field. A long time ago there was a bishop killed in Killinan. His name was Bishop Tinan. There is a pot there and there is a lot of water in it. It is always bubbling. It is called The Boiling Pot. Where the(continues on next page)
