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    on the shore they would be (g) drowned.
    At that time there lived in Glann a piper named O'Grady. One day a spirit appeared to to the monks and told them that they would have to set him drunk or he would not send the boar away. The sent for him and they gave him an overdose of whiskey until he was drunk. Then he started playing the bag pipes and the boar danced on the shore. When O'Grady stopped playing the boar disappeared to Cluain na bPiobaire or Piper Hill.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urlaur, Co. Mayo