School: Glendalough
- Location:
- Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Ghabhann
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- During the time when Ireland was being invaded by the Danes there was a castle near Knockrath which is about four miles from Rathdrum, and three miles from the village of Laragh near Glendalough. In this castle there was a lot of gold. The people of the castle did not want to let the invaders get the gold and in order to do this they had to bury it I do not know who the castle people were. There is a river running near where the castle was, and beside the river there was a hole called Moll's Hole and they buried the gold in this hole, and they threw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirín Ní Bhroin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Patrick Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Derrybawn, Co. Wicklow