School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 067
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“A funny story relating to this district. ...”
There was a tradition about thirty years ago that there was gold buried in Ballyconnor Castle. But now it is not believed. One cold night in the year 1901 three men resolved to dig to try and find it.There was another man in the district who heard them talking and resolved to frighten them. On the night appointed the three men bought six bottles of stout each got picks and shovels and came to the castle. The bottles of stout were to keep up their spirits. But the man who had resolved to frighten them was there before them and lay hidden in one of its numerous man holes, where he could get a good of the gold seekers.They commenced to dig after drinking a bottle of stout and after ten minutes digging they took another. The man who lay hidden now saw his chance, and in a loud voice cried "Don't touch that gold". His voice echoed through the castle so much that the gold seekers forgot their stout and ran home terrified. The man who lay(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyconor Big, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Stephen Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tenacre, Co. Wexford