The Fairfield Treasure
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The townland of Fairfield is in the parish of Kilbegnet in the county of Galway. There is a treasure hid there. This tunnel of gold, of gold chairs and of gold tables is said to rise in a field named the "high lawn" owned by Martin Ward. It crosses to a cottage-field owned by Tommie Bligh 400 yds. in from the mountain road. It is said also that this tunnel opens at the roots of a big old round white thorn bush. The gold is stated to have been hidden by the Fenians when they were enemies against the English. A man by the name of Naughton made an attempt to get it but he was put back by foul air, and snakes that guard it.

The Fuinsion Treasure
Fuinsion is a bog situated between Fairfield and Moate in the Parish of Kilbegnet in the county of Galway in the barony of Ballymoe? There is a small bog road leading up to the bog from the main road between Creggs and Glenamaddy. About three quarters of a mile up this bog road there is a small wood on the West side. In it there was a box of money hidden by a Mayo robber who was on the run. The police knew he was stealing money from the people and bank so they tried to catch him. The robber hid it in a bunch of ferns in a part of the wood now owned by Mr. Kearney. He then stole off to a foreign country. He came back again to look for it but he could not find it.
Some people say that the man who hid this money was a robber + other people say he was a Fenian from Mayo called Murphy.

Derryhippoo Treasure No 2.
Derryhippoo is a townland of the parish of Kilbegnet in the barony of Ballymore Co Roscommon, Kenny was a man who was cutting turf in the Derryhippoo bog. He had two slanes working and he felt a pot. Then he said "men, ye are called to the dinner. I am not feeling well to-day. I will stay here." The men went home. So he hid the pot again but the slanesmen got the track of it in the bank after him. The Kennys were very poor people before they got it but every day they were getting richer. Arthur Kenny Rushfield (35) is his great-grand-son.

The Gurrán Treasure
Gurrán is situated in Parish of Kilbegnet in the Barony of Ballymoe in the Co of Roscommon.
While fencing Gurran farm the men were digging away and old mound. One of the gang, a man named Pete Kilcommons found four little round coins which at first seeme dlike pennies and they were all covered with clay. He took his penknive and he scraped them; he saw the words on them "one Guinea" and when the time was up for dinner hour he showed them to all the men and the ganger said it could be some old man that hid them there

Mr Hurley's School
A teacher used to go around each district and he had special houses where he lodged in each village. Mr Hurley used to go around our district. He always lodged in Pat McDonagh's in Kilbegnet amd om Thomas Chrogham's in Lisduff. His pay was his keep. He was a blind man but a very well educated man and a splendid teacher. He did not theach them and Irish. They used to write with a quill

Mr Corr's School, Gortmore
The time of the Penal Laws there was a so called hedgeschool in Cartron, Co Galway in the parish of Killbegnet. The field is now owned by Mr. Egan. The spot where the school was built can be pointed out to this day by Mr Raft Gortmore who went to school there. National schools must be in the at that time because this man is not very old yet only about 65 years of age. All the children from Kilbegnet and the neighbouring villages used to go to school there. It was a dwelling house and was owned by Dick Corr and his sister Nancy. In those days the old people used to have the cow tied in the end

Marriage Customs
Eileen Keane 13 years Kilbegnet Parish Barony of Ballymoe Co Roscommon
In this district marriages mostly take place between Christmas and Lent. This period is called Saraft. May is thought very unlucky for marriages and hardly anybody gets married on Sunday or Friday for some say you will have trials and troubles. Matches are arranges about a week before the couple gets married. And then there is a Supper for the old people. And when they get married they have a wedding at the Brides home for the young folks. More or less money is given as a dowry on the night of the supper. No stock or goods are given but long ago the bride used to bring household necessities such as sheets, Blankets, and Quilts but those were given by her own family. But that custom is dead now. There are no people in the district that remember the Priests coming to the houses and marrying them there. It is a long time

at Mr. McDonagh "at the corner" and finishes at the graveyard of Kilbegnet. The "New Line" is from Mr. McDonaghs to Crosswell crossroads.
The "French Shore Boreen" is from "Rushfield Boreen" to "Lisduff", "Sean Baile Eidin" is from "Boreen n Gcorp" to Rosmoylan and "Tohard is from Derryhippo to the bottom of Ballina hill.
It is said that "Boreen na Gcorp" is so called, because one frosty day a coffin was being brought to the church - yard by horses. The road being slippery one of the horses slipped and the coffin fell out on to the road. The lid burst open and the dead man got out and walked

I live in the townland of Rushfield, In the Parish of Kilbegnet, and in the barony of Ballymoe. There are four families of people in it.
Kennys, Keegans, Creans, and Coughlans. There are twenty one people in it altogether. And only one person over seventy years. Creans is a two-storey house and the other three are only thatched. There are no ruins of old houses in my townland. The land is fairly good in parts, some of it is sandy, and some

In the Penal days Mass was often celebrated on a rock in a valley at Carnalough, and people from the united parishes of Kilbegnet, Ballinakill and Clooneycolgan used to assemble there on every Sunday that a priest was available.
On one Sunday as the people were about to disperse after mass word came that the priest-hunters were approaching from the direction of Donamon.
The priest fled immediately across Cornaveigh and towards Dereeven bog. In the course of his flight he was observed by the priest-hunters who followed and overtook him between Bracklin and Creevemully.
Having murdered him they threw his body into the lough at the foot of Creevemully hill and since then this lough has been known as Loch an tSagairt.
As the martyred priest was a stranger in the locality his name has

chieftains of Clanconmaicne. It included the districts of Dunamon, Kilbegnet, Carnalough, Ballymacfrane and Cargins. The Cauufields lived in Dunamon Castle which was originally built by Adam Staunton in the thirteenth century. Some years after purchasing the estate they built a new wing on the castle.They were very kind and generous landlords and never pressed their tenants for the rent. On the contrary they often came to the assistance of any of their tenants who were in distress, and on this account they were popular in the district. Some members of the Caulfield family were great lovers of music, and a few of them were noted musicians. Others were skilled architects and woodworkers and specimens of their handiwork may still be seen

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Vanished landmarks.
In the days before the infamous land-lord Pollock "swept the cottage" and other land-marks "from the green there was a cemetary in the townland of Cuilnacappy
which was regarded as one of the oldest grave yards in Ireland. A few hundred yards to the east of this was a holy well called Tobar Mhuire Thunais where stations were performed by the people of Kilbegnet and adjoining parishes.
There was an acient ? tree beside this well and people who performed stations there, usually tied ribbons

apostlic meekness and unbounded charity endeared him to them and maintained that mutal affection which had so long existed between them.
Most Rev Dr Burke, D.D. was born at Lisnageera, near Kilcroan, Ballymoe, in the year 1779. He entered Maynooth College on August 7th 1799 and was admitted to the Logic Class.
After four years in Maynooth he was ordained there in the year 1803 and a short time later was appointed curate in Glinsk. During his mission there he felt obliged to denounce the conduct of the Burkes of Glinsk Castle.
Enraged by his attitude the Burkes threatened to evict any of their tenants who would supply him with fire to light the candles required in the celebration of the Holy Mass. Notwithstanding his threat the local people stood solidly by their young curate and many legends of this contest are still recounted in the parishes of Glinsk, Kilbegnet and Kilcroan.
After spending some years in Glinsk, Father Burke was transferred to Sligo, where he afterwards became administrator. His next

The Limepark Treasure.
Donamon is in the parish of Kilbegnet, Co Roscommon, Bar, Ballymoe. In the townland of Donamon on the north side of the road between Curnaveigh and the Railway Stn. of Donamon there is believed to be a hidden treasure. The treasure is said to be hidden between two white thorn bushes one about thirty yards from the main road and the other is sixty yards N.W. from that. The field is now owned by Mr. Mannion.
The treasure was hidden by Redmond O'Hanlon, Pat O'Hara and another man called Quinlon who were on the run from the English soldiers. The robbers took the money from the landlord's agent when he would be coming home with the rent, and hid it.
There has never been any attempts to unearth it. Some people say that it consists of gold, silver and bronze, others say it consists of

Hundan and Dundan and
Daniel O'Laoghaire
Hundan and Dundan were two brothers who lived in Rosmoylon long ago. (Rosmoylon is a district in the Parish of Kilbegnet Barony of Ballymoe) Daniel O'Laohaire had a small farm next to therm. Hundan and Dundan wanted Daniel O'Laoghaire farm so they said they would kill him. Daniel O'Laoghaire got a whimper of it one day. He used to sleep beside the door in a bed so he told his mother to sleep beside the door as he had to go a journey and that she would be there to open the door when he came. So his mother slept by the door that night.
Hundan and Dundan came to kill him but instead they killed his mother. And the next day Daniel

Old Schools
Carrowkeel
The house that I live in which is situated in the townland of Carrowkeel in the parish of Kilbegnet in the county Roscommon and in the barony of Ballymoe was a school over a hundred years ago.
My great grand-father and my great-grand-mother namely Mr. Henry Hinde and Mrs. Ann Hinde, Carrowkeel, Cregg's Roscommon were well educated people and they set up a school of their own to teach the children round about. The children had to pay a few coppers a week to be taught. Most of the writing was done with slate and pencil or with quill pens. The children were taught a line of English and a line of Irish to rhyme. There was a house built next to the school and the HIndes lived in the house and taught in the school. It was called "Carrowkeel school". The Hindes were farmers.

The Glinsk Hare
Glinsk is a townland in the parish of Kilbegnet and Ballinakill in Ballymoe barony, Co Galway.
There was a hare once in the district of Glinsk.
No dog could catch this hare but it was rumoured that if a pure black hound without ever a white rib on him followed this hare he would be able t catch the hare.
Every morning this strange hare used to drink the milk from the neighbouring cows.
The priest of the district had a jet-black hound. This morning the priest went out hunting and he was not long out until he saw the hare sitting under a cow drinking her milk.
Off goes the hare and the hound following close behind.
The hare turned and twisted but could not gain an inch

Keelogues = (Caelóg) = A narrow ridge.
Kilbegnet = (Cill Begnet) = Begnet's church.
Lisduff = (Lios Dubh) = Black fort(h)
Loughglass = (Loch Glas) = Green lake.
Moat = (Móta) = A high mound.
Moneenrue = (Móinín Ruadh) = Little red bog.
Park = (Páirc) = Pasture field.
Rosmoylan = (Ros Mágh Lann) = Church of the wooded plain
Shanvaladeen = (Sean Bhaile Cudon) = Old town of the brow.
Skehard = (Sceach Árd) = High bush.
Sonnagh = (Sonnach) = A mound.
Tonnamaddy = (Tonna Magh Dubh) = Back of the black plain.

Ballythomas (Baile Tomais) ThomastownBallinahouna :- "(béal-atha - na h-abhainn) Mouth of the River.
Ballinamore Beál an Atha Mhór (The mouth of the great ford)
Caltragh (Cealtrach). An old burial ground.
Keelogues:- Caelóg Narrow ridge
Kilbegnet- Begnet's Church.
Moat:- (Móta) High mound.
Skehard. (Sgeach Árd) High tree.Aughagad:- Acha Gabhair). The field of the goat.
Moneenrua. (Moínín Ruadh) The little red-bog.
Oran. Úran. a clear spring.Toomard. (Tuaim - Ard) The High mound.
Creeneroe (Craobh Ruadh ). The red branch.

Aughgower = The place of the goats.
baileinahowna = The village of the river.
Talamh na mbrathar = Friar's residence.
gurteenfada = Long little field.
Sliabh Muire = Mary's Mountain.
gurteen Ruckaun = Hilly little field
Cula Spudaun = a corner of land with outside sods turned up.
baile na hatina = Furze village.
Skegh Ard = High trees.
Carrow na glough = Stoney quarter.
Carrow Keel = narrow quarter.
Cloon Faughna = Badger's meadow.
Kilmacrichard = The grave of Richard's son.
Moneenroe = The little red bog.
Glynske = The [l.] valley of the waters.
Cloonclaun = Collin's meadow.
Kilbegnet = A person by the name of Begnet was buried there.