School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)
- Location:
- An Baile Mór, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: P.J. Cooney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 227
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- In the East end of the parish of Ballymore a pot of gold is said to be hidden. It is in a garden in Low Rathsheagh owned by the late John Smith of Rathsheagh.
In olden times a king lived there. He kept his gold in a vault under the castle and only a king of his race could open the vault. One day this king fell in battle and as he had no son the vault remained closed,
A flat stone marks the spot. A crow guards it in the day time, and a cat at night. Robbers are supposed to have been killed by those guards in their attempt to take the gold away. It is said that a leg of cooked chicken for the cat and some oats for the crow is the only way they can be enticed from their duty.
- Collector
- Eddie Finerty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Clonboy or Ballinacor, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- John Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ráth Sciach Íochtarach, Co. na hIarmhí
