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1. Story of the Rock of Cashel (continued)

   

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   foot. He made no complaint thinking it
   to be part of the sermon. The wounded
   troops of king William, returning from
   the seige of Limerick, were kindly received
   by the inhabitants of Cashel. The ruins
   and the joining churchyard are surrounded
   by a high wall. Entrance can be got
   by following the road which goes round
   the Castle to the right hand side. Near
   it are the ruins of a place called Hore
   Abbey. People say there is a Treasure
   underneath the rock. At one time a poor
   man found a few pots of gold there but
   he was innocent and did not know what
   was in the pots as they were covered
   thickly. After a time a man came to
   his house and he showed him the pots.
   This man was Daimer and he told
   him the pots were of little value but that
   he would buy them all for a hundred
   pounds. The poor man sold them all
   to him for the money. This was how
   Daimer was made rich. There is an old
   saying "as rich as Daimer."

   

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John O' Dwyer

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloonfinglass, Co. Tipperary