The Friars treasure is supposed to be hidden in Graney in the parish of Baltinglass and in the barony of Kilkea and Moone and diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
It is supposed to be between Graney and Nessey's cross. It is under a skeach bush near George Stephenson's gate. It was hidden by the Friars
It was hidden to keep the Danes from getting it. The bush is called the Friar's Bush
Some attempts were made to discover it at night, but the ghost of the Friar appeared to them at midnight They died a week later

Darcy's treasure is supposed to be hidden under a bridge It is between Nessy's cross and the Nine wells hill. Darcy had stolen the treasure from the Friars
It is in Graney, in the parish of Baltinglass, in the barony of Kilkea and Moone and in the diocese of Kildare and Leiglin.
It was hidden

There is supposed to be a treasure hidden in the old walls. The land is owned by Mr Kavanagh. There is an old ruins there. The land lord of Ballyraggan lived there. It is in the Barony of Kilkee and Moone. The land lords name was Fitzgerald. It is in the parish of Baltinglass.
It was hidden when the Danes came to Ireland. No attempts have been made to unearth it. It consists of a pot of gold. The value is six thousand pounds. A fairy guards it. She is in the shape of a bird. She sits on a bush a few yards away from the gold. There is a big stone over the treasure. There are words printed on the stone. The words are nearly worn away now.
A man ate the haws that

The nearest forge to here is Graney. Mr Doyle owns it. It is in the parish of Baltinglass. His father was a smith. The forge is situated at Graney cross-road. It is near the road and beside the river Lirr.
The door is the shape of a horse shoe. It has only one door and it has two fireplaces. There is one bellows. It has a thatched roof.
The bellows is beside the fire. When people go to the forge to get horses shod the smith takes off the shoe and puts it in the fire. If the shoe is very much worn he puts on another one. He leaves the shoe in the fire till it is red When it is red he

The original name of Leix was Magh Reada, The plain of the King.This county was the famous hunting ground of the famous militia commanded by Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
Conor Mac Neasa gave this county to Lughaidh Laoighse as a reward for his bravery in battle. He is supposed to have lived for years at the Rock of Dunamase. Lughaidh gave his name to the county.
The Abbey from which the town of Abbeyleix took its name was founded in the year 1183 a.d. for the Cistercian monks by Gregory O'Moore, Lord of Leix. It was a branch of the Abbey of Baltinglass. In 1551 the

monks to Dunbrody " he handed the latter House over to St. Mary's Cistercian Abbey, Dublin. In 1436 Abbot John Henry was witness to the Pope's cancellation of the sentence of ex-communication pronounced against the inhabitants of the town of New Ross, for having murdered some of the Crutched Friars two centuries before. This cancellation was brought about by the influence of Bishop Robert Whitty, who from being parish priest of Kilmokea was raised to the See of Ferns in 1418. In 1522 Alexander Devereuse was elected Abbot. His rule lasted till the Disolution of the Abbey. Feeling that the storm of the Reformation was about to engulf Dunbrody along with their other religious houses Abbot Devereux took the opportunity to enrich his relatives and friends by parcelling out by lease, large tracts of the Abbey lands. In 1537 Dunbrody was one of the first five abbeys suppressed by order of King Henry VIII, the four others being Bective, Baltinglass, Duiske and Tintern. The Abbot Devereux conformed to the new religion and was created first Protestant Bishop of Ferns. The late Dr. Grattan Flood held that Devereux recanted and was rehabitated and died in communion with Rome, relying for his opinion on a Papal Bull issued after the ex-Abbot's death and referring to him as "Alexander of happy memory". It may be of some interest to recall

Martin Cushen won the Leinster handball. He was from Marley. The final was played out at Baltinglass in 1,928. There was a great crowd in the ball alley when it was being played. He was playing a man by the name of Peter Butler. He travelled by a motor car to it and some of the Marley men went with him to see him playing. When he came back he was well welcomed by his and neighbours. He got a silver medal for it. He is playing still with the Marley team. He used to wear a black and yellow coloured jersey and a white knickers. He was very young when he won it. He was only about twenty years of age.
Ned Fitzgerald also won the Wexford handball in the year 1930. He played a man by the name of Pat Walsh. Pat Walsh was a school teacher in Enniscorthy

On the north west side (on) and about three miles (North of) from Donard is the site of the Battle of Mullicaugh. The lands are now owned by Mr John Burke. Here King McInmire challenged (by) the might of King Bran of Rathbran Baltinglass in Revenge for the death of McInmere's son.King McInmere was slain at the King's river, Vallymount about 6 miles to the north east.

Two miles west of Donard close to main road from Dublin to Baltinglass is Merginstown Glen House. Here among the out offices and standing on the farm of the late Father Hyland, is a Barn with a wide door or gateway. Here Father Hyland said Mass for parish of Donard and Dunlavin before the church at Dunlavin was built over 100 yrs ago.
The farm went in to the possession of a Mr Fisher (a Protestant). Then to Mr Joe Dunne afterwards Mrs Joe Dunne and then Mr Joe Dunne Grandson of the late Joe Dunne.
The Grandson sold the lands last year to Malachy Moynihan who is now in possession. (Told to me by Mr John Headon cowpasture, Dunlavin - next farm to Merginstown Glen).

The only spinner that I was told of around this locality was Mrs O'Toole my great grandmother. She lived in Griffinstown about five miles from Dunlavin, and she died about twenty-five years ago when she was ninety years of age. She was buried in Baltinglass Cemetry.
Mrs O'Toole made her own spinning wheel out of wood. She had it fixed on a stand with four legs, something like a stool. Mrs. O'Toole spent much of her time spinning, and she made a large quantity of wool out of which she would knit socks and stockings. When she wanted to make coloured wool she mixed different coloured fleeces together; To make grey wool she mixed a black fleece and a few white fleeces together, and the wool would turn out grey.

The name of my district is Dunlavin. My residence is situated in the townland of Coonanstown Coonanstown is to the south of the town of Dunlavin. The name of my parish is Dunlavin, in the Barony of Lr. Talbotstown, which is situated beyond Baltinglass.
The family name most common around this district is Byrne. There are no thatched cottages around the district, the houses being either galvanized or slated. There are only a few old men around the district, their names being Laurence Toole, Toolestown, aged 80 yrs. Frederick Byrne, Loughmogue, aged 82 yrs, Patrick Byrne, Fryanstown, aged 70 yrs.
None of those men can speak Irish and they are not noted for story-telling. Mr Byrne is very active for his age. Laurence Toole is not as active as Mr. Byrne, and he never travels

Most of our cows have names and some of them are. "White Stockings" Web Spin" "Golden Ball "Flint Horn" "Bess" "The" Polly" and some others White Stockings got her name because her legs are white and her body is brown and Flint Horn got her name from having one big thick horn and one small horn. Web Spin got her name from having one big webbed Spin. I do not know how the others got their names because my father bought them from people in the fairs of Dunlavin and Baltinglass. All the cows at home are quiet and easily milked, There are three cow houses at home and they hold seven cows each The length of each house is twenty one feet,
When I am bringing the cows to the pasture I say "Bale Home" "Bale Home" and when I am calling the calves I say "Suck" "Suck" The cows at home are tied about the neck with chains,
Bales were the old way of tieng cows and nowadays you would seldom see bales used at all. Chains are the usual way of tieng cows nowadays. The following are a list of men whom I know to use

"Laying" a spiritIn Talbotstown Chapel, about the year 1820 Kenna was "laid". Kennas were a Protestant family. There was a Catholic man, a servant in the house, named John Duffy. Duffy and Kenna were always differing about religion, but when Kenna was dying he sent for Duffy. Duffy had been put away by Kenna's sons on account of the argument about religion. And when Kenna was on his deathbed, he sent for Duffy, and gave him twenty pounds to go to Baltinglass for a priest. Duffy didn't go for the priest. He took the twenty pound but did not bring the priest. Therefore, Kenna died in revenge, and was only

The local fair is held each month in the town of Baltinglass. The sheep and cattle fair takes place on the third Tuesday in the month and the pig fair on the preceeding day. Buyers still go to the farmers houses on the preceeding day to inspect the cattle.The fair is held in the main street of the town. No toll is paid on the cattle. When an animal is sold luck money is given to the buyer. This is known as the "luck-penny" The "luck-penny" varies rom three pence to sixpence per head on sheep and from one shilling to half-a-crown per head on cattle:When a bargain has been made the parties concerned show their agreement by striking hands. There is no going back on an agreement once hands have been struck. For that reason the man

seen, combing her hair under that window.My father's cousin is dead.My grandfather who is about 67 years, is still living in Newtown, Baltinglass.

while a new one was built. It was only quarter as large as the other one. Miss V Tynte (the present owner) fell in for this house, by the death of her father. There is a lot of land and small houses around the district that belonged to this house. There is no one living in the house at present. Kilranelagh House was never pulled down.3rd November 1937.
I heard the above story from father, Patrick Doyle, farmer, Tuckmill Lr, Baltinglass. He is 50 years. He was born in Tuckmill, and heard this story from his father, who died about 40 years ago.

bed for a week. The people said that it was a punishment for interfering with the fairies.Frances Jones (14 years)My grandfather, Edward Kelly lives in Newtown, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

Then the Priest said to the people would you like me to bring them up as two dead men so he brought them up as two dead men going around. A few days after the people came to the Priest and asked him to banish them so the Priest came and banished them. The next day they went to the Priest and turned Catholics.I heard it from Mrs. Dunne 49 years. Carrigeen, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
She heard it from her mother who is dead now.

The Snow Storm of 1852The following account was give to me by Mrs. Mellon, Weaver Square, Baltinglass. She was born in Dunlavin, in the year 1856. She heard this from her father.In 1852 there was a very severe wind and snow storm. It lasted for six or seven days. The snow fell so thickly that it was to be seen on the ground and on the ditches for three months after. It affected very much the people in Co. Wicklow. Some of them were at the loss of their sheep and cattle. The snow was so high that the people could not open their doors. The snow had to serve them for water and food was very scarce. Some of the people got out of their houses and made paths through the snow, and went to the houses of the poorest people and brought food to them. On account of this snow storm many people were

Sruhaun, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.The name of the townsland in which I live is Sruhaun, it is so called from a little stream which rises in the middle of one of Mr. James P. Brien's fields and then flows by the side of a ditch till it reaches the Slaney. In the winter it often overflows and bursts over the road. (Rawson field it is so called because a man named Rawson lived there.)No man's land is also another place, and it is on my father's farm.