School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    after each other that there was a pot of gold hidden under the chimney but that there was to be a life lost over it. He did not try to find it.
    There have often been strange lights seen round it. There was no road leading to it but there was a secret underground passage connecting it with the public road about a quarter of a mile to the East of the building.
    There was another underground passage leading to the grave-yard where the victims were buried.
    Tobias Bourke had another castle in Ballintubber it was
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo