School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Máire
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- (continued from previous page)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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary O' Riordan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Tom Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare