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School: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4126)

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Scart, Co. Cork
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Pádraig Ó Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 281

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    How the rock known as the "Blackman" derived its name. Lieutenant Spratt a naval officer was accustomed to visit his brother who lived at Ballyanihan House. During one of his visits he painted with tar on the rock the figure of a sailor dancing a hornpipe. For very many years the figure remained on the rock and in course of time it lost its resemblance of a sailor and became known as the "Blackman".
    This rock was so called to distinguish it from the many other rocks in the locality.
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