School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
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- Hidden Treasure
A short distance from my home in Hanstown on the main road between Dysart and Mullingar in the county Westmeath there is a lot of gold hidden under a large stone flag, in a field belonging to a man named Christopher Byrne and near a public pump on the side of the road. This was hidden by a robber named Boyle. The soldiers were on his track and he could not get away in safety. After burying the gold he crossed the road and jumped in a stone wall and a large dyke on the other side which would be about fifty feet. The mark of his feet can be seen to the present day. He was a very powerful man so i expect that this jump was not too big for him. He crossed Hanstown fields and got away from the soldiers into a wood at Keoltown.
P. Smyth Hanstown - Aged 56Treasure in Belmont
In a field at Belmont and bordering the main road about three hundred yards from our school there is a lone- Informant
- P. Smyth
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Hanstown, Co. Westmeath
- In a field at Belmont and bordering the main road about three hundred yards from our school there is a lone(continues on next page)