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Pluais Portach

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The Irish Caves Database records Pluais Portach at Ballyelly in County Clare. 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 1669

The cave register does not grant public access. Check conditions and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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