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School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0409

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  1. The Piper's Tree

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    The Piper's Tree
    For several centuries there was a large tree on the north side of the road between Milford house and Creggs. This was known to generations of people as the Pipers Tree. It got its name in this way:-
    In ancient times when dance halls were unknown and social entertainments few, an old piper used to attend at that tree on Sunday afternoons and play for four or five hours while the boys and girls of the district danced the Rinnce Fada and cake dances on the road beneath the spreading branches of the tree.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Hollygrove, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Maggie Cunniffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Cunniffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway