Claypipe Visitors Centre is located in Knockcroghery, 8km (5 miles) from Roscommon town. For over 250 years the village was famous for the production of the tobacco clay pipe, or duidin. By the late 1800s there were up to 100 people involved in the manufacturing and distribution of the village’s clay pipes. The Visitor Centre and Workshop are located on the original site of Andrew and P.J. Curley’s pipe factory. The craft of Clay Pipe making has now been revived in the workshop and visitors can watch as pipes are handcrafted using the original methods of production.
Opening Hours:
May - Sept.: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
Tel. 09066 61923
Email: ethel@claypipes.com
Website: www.irishclaypipes.com