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School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

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Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr. Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 410

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    It is not known exactly in what particular part of the grounds on which the Cistercian Monastery founded by St.Beccan lie the treasure-trove. That it is burried there is beyond doubt as the old people were positive that in the penal days when the Church was confiscated the Sacred vessels had been already hidden. Anyway let it be where it will it has never been located.
    They say there is a subterranean passage leading from the Church grounds directly through the Relic
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