School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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Cistí Óir i bhFolach - Baile Buachallán
:-Baile Buachallánin Woodcock Hill placed there by highway man -Morrissey.There is a big stone in the river called -Morrissey stone with P.M inscribed on it.Running past this si an old road which was then leading to Ennis from Limerick.This was Morrissey's headquarters
Things became too hot for him and he went to England where he was arrested and hanged.When on the scaffold he asked was there any Irishman in the crowd .There being none ,he spoke and said that there was a golden topboot hidden under an oak tree with a special mark on it and in one of the four corners of Cratloe Wood.They failed to find the tree .It is said to have(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mícheál Ó Coileáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Woodcock Hill, Co. Clare