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School: Mercy Convent

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 008

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    Hidden Treasure
    15-11-1937
    About three miles from the town of Belturbet are the ruins of an old monastery called Drumlane Abbey. Near the ruins is a lake.
    It is said that during a war in Ireland the monks of the Abbey threw a large silver bell into the lake.
    One stormy day a man was out in a boat on the lake and he hit the bell with one of the oars and the bell rang. Four weeks after- wards there were people out in boats looking for the bell, but they could never hit it again and it has never been found.
    Evelyn Donohoe,
    Derrygeeraghan, Co. Cavan.
    I heard this story from Mr. Bernard O' Reilly, Derryerehan, Belturbet, Co. Cavan.
    He s about seventy-five years old.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
          1. ór i bhfolach (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Donohoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doire Uí Chiaracháin, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mr Bernard O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 75
    Address
    Doire Uí Chiaracháin, Co. an Chabháin