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Piper's Cave

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The Irish Caves Database records Piper's Cave at Inis Oirr in County Galway. This point comes from its public cave register. A cave map point does not by itself grant access: check local conditions and ask the landowner where needed.

From the Irish Caves Database, University of Bristol Spelæological Society record 2098

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