Old Ruins

INFORMANT: Mary Adams, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

Hidden Treasure, History & Folklore, Gleann an Dúin - Prison, Local Area, Local Heroes, National Folklore Collect, School Collection, The Schools’ CollectionMay Adams21 April 2018Comment

Hidden Treasure

In a deep river beside the curate's house in Balla there is a pot of gold. But nobody can get it unless a living person is thrown in its place. In times gone by many a person tried to get it but failed.

INFORMANT: Mrs Kelly, Age 70, Cregg, Co. Mayo

Patrick James Moran, Hidden Treasure, Dùchas.ie, School Collection, History & FolkorePatrick James Moran14 April 2018Treasure, goldComment

Hidden Treasure

The people that lived in Bohogue saw the strange man every evening but didn't know what brought him there or where he came from.

Ned Kelly, Age; 70, Cregg, Co. Mayo

Annie Kearns, Hidden Treasure, Dùchas.ie, History & Folkore, History & FolkloreAnnie Kearns8 April 2018Ned Kelly, Kelly, Treasure, GoldComment

Hidden Treasure

A family named Herons who lived in Balla were digging a foundation for a cottage where stands the McEllin Hotel at present. They came on a pot of gold supposed to contain 2,000 guineas...

COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

Mary A. O' Doherty, , Patsy Ansbro, National Folklore Collect, Dùchas.ie, Hidden Treasure, History & Folkore, History & FolkloreMary A. O' Doherty31 March 2018Hidden Treasure, Tawnagh, Tawnaghmore, Treasure Discovered, Barony of Carra, gold, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, BallaComment

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