School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)
- Location:
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mary Ledwith
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It is said that long ago a chieftain buried gold in a mound in Arthur Burns's field near Michael Keenans Ballintubber Carrickboy parish of Carrickedmond Co. Longford. When the chieftain died he was also buried there. A light is often seen there and the goes first around the mound and then around the field.
Sometimes a black dog is seen walking around the mound with a circle of light around his neck near this is a lone bush and the - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Violet Ledwith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Michael Keenan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballintober (Bonny), Co. Longford