School: Clonmoney, Bunratty
- Location:
- Clonmoney North, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Henry Carroll
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0598, Page 345
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- There is a field in Bunratty called the White Hill, and in the corner of theirs field was a house which was a great meeting for the young men of the neighbourhood at night.
The servants of Bunratty Castle used to spend some of their Leisure hours there, and a frequent visitor was the butler.
This night he was coming home by a shortcut when he met a naked man who asked the butler for his shirt.
Naturally the butler refused. Then the naked man promised he would show him where a boiler of gold lay hidden not seven yards away if he would give the shirt. But still he refused, and so as they parted.
- Informant
- Mr Michael Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Clonmoney North, Co. Clare
