Well apparently it's bloody true. Conroy Gold a mining company (not thought to be linked to painter Don Conroy) has seen positive results from a test near the Monaghan border in Cavan
"The positive results of this independent structural study add further evidence of the gold potential in the Slieve Glah area and the entire 30 mile gold district in Ireland that the company has discovered," commented the company's chairman Professor Richard Conroy
"Slieve Glah is a very large target area and, although exploration is at an early stage, the potential and size of the gold anomalies there is exciting,"
There ye have it, get your shovel and get going.