School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)

Location:
Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 072

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 072

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  3. XML “Hidden Treasure - Treasure in Cloonkeel”
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  2. About a hundred years ago my father told me that his father told him that there was a man digging for sand in a pit. When he had gone down about six feet he found a hard thing under the tool. He dug down further and what did he lift but a big pot of gold. The man was very poor and he was only too delighted to get such a pot of gold. He pegged down the tool and made for home as hard as ever he could, but he
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