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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

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Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 394

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    About three or four years ago when the English were persecuting the Irish Catholics for their religion there were monks living in Clonmore. The ruins are to be seen still and are called Clonmore Castle. The English haunted the monks out of Clonmore and they were afraid to bring their gold with them. So before leaving, they hid the gold in a cellar under the ground. Anyone after that found out there was gold hidden there went to look for it and were supposed to be frightened away by a ghost.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Gartland
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Matthew Gartland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballybrack More, Co. Wicklow