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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 0410

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0410

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    When the old piper passed away the dance of this place ceased. Not so with the music, for on dark breezy nights when the winds moaned through the branches of the tree the lively dance tunes and haunting melodies of the piper could be heard by the travellers passing that way. About thirty years ago the old tree was hit by lightening and felled. Nothing now remains but the old trunk on which the piper sat when playing his selections for the dances of others days.
    Maggie Cunniffe
    Coalpits
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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