School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Eugene Conway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 170
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“In Crevagh or in Keel in the Parish of Tang and the County of Longford a treasure is said to be hidden...”
In Crevagh or in Keel in the Parish of [T]ang and the County of Longford a treasure is said to be hidden. It was supposed to be placed there by a priest who was escaping from the priest-hunters during the Penal Days. It was too heavy to carry and it was delaying him from escaping. One attempt has been made to unearth it but without success. A man who was passing through a field saw a track of a large cross on the ground he went home to get a spade to dig it up. When he came back with the spade all traces were gone. This hidden treasure is said to be a very large cross made of gold.
- Collector
- Liam Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Feeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford