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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
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    One night about twelve months ago as we were all sitting comfortably around the fire-side my grandfather told us a story about a hidden treasure.
    There was once a cave in our field in Ballymalone and it is said that there was a gold cup found in it. He also said that there used to be a woman dressed in white seen there after and the old people used to say also that fairies lived in that cave too.
    He also said that if you went out at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoloney, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Dan Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymoloney, Co. Clare