School: Carrigans (B.)
- Location:
- Carrigan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dochartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)to get it. He dramt of it on two nights in succession but did not wait for the third night and when he was digging for it a stone fell on his leg and he was lame for life. Another man went to look for it and was never heard from again.
- There are three gold vessels hidden under the ground in Henry Reilly's field in Carrigan. It is said this is how it happened to be there. Long ago a priest was reading mass in this place. An army of English soldiers came. The boy who was left to watch told the priest the soldiers were coming.
The people all ran away and hid. The priest was killed. They soldiers took the chalice
I dont know what else and hid them under where the priest standing. There is(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Leddy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Brusky, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Margaret Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 97
- Address
- Drumard, Co. Cavan