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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 285

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    a light coming towards it at night. When it gets to the gate in front of it, it disappears.
    There is also a fort in Gort an t-Sagairt a townland in the parish of (the) Doora. In a field nearby there is a very big rock called The Piper's Rock. There is a tradition that a piper was heard playing there at night some years ago. A priest is supposed to have been buried there. That is why it is called Gort an t-Sagairt.
    In a townland called Castletown in the parish Doora there is an old fort. If you go in there
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Inis, Co. an Chláir
    Informant
    Tom Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Inis, Co. an Chláir