School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt
- Location:
- Effernan, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán de Nógla
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- Collector
- Michael Mann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Erribul, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Ronan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shannakea More, Co. Clare
- Mrs Grant dreamt three nights in succession of a pot of gold hidden in John Quins fort by the Danes. She said it was hidden in a brown jar which had an iron lid on it. She implored of Patrick Keane and Henry Keane and Tully Keane of Labasheeda to search for it with her. John Quins fort is in Clonkenny, Mrs Geary also lived there. She went with them and she took holy water with her and a quil. They began to dig where they thought the gold was. When they had been digging for some time they hit the lid of a jar and as soon as they did a huge(continues on next page)