School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 004
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Pipers Rock.There is a large rock situated in a (rock) field about a mile from where I live and it is called "The Piper's Rock", and how it got this name was:- A long time ago, a man named Páid Ruag was in the habit of going over to Coolumper in Connaught to card play and his wife often scolded him for staying out late at night.One night however, as he was returning home across the Shannon, in a boat, when he landed on this side, he thought he heard people shouting and looking towards the piper's rock he saw a great crowd of people, but the night was so dark, he could not make out what they were doing. When he had the boat secured he crept cautiously over until(continues on next page)
