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Off Carrigaholt, witnesses have long spoken of an enchanted island that appears without warning and shows signs of habitation before vanishing again. A 1930s account even tells of a Limerick captain landing provisions and being invited to a house for tea before the island slipped from view. Similar west-Clare lore describes a sunken city—Cill Stuifín—seen at rare intervals farther up the coast, and some put the whole business down to mirage effects over the Atlantic; whatever the cause, the Carrigaholt “island city” remains part of the shoreline’s enduring folklore.
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Portions of this entry derive from local folklore and oral tradition. These accounts are unverified by contemporary records and details may vary by teller.
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