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Scailp Na bPlátaí

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The Irish Caves Database records Scailp Na bPlátaí at Eoghanacht 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 2123

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  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ca
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Herbert Ortner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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