Dún Gar

Dún Gar, the Irish name for Frenchpark, derives from "dún" (fort) and "gar" (favour or grace), referring to an earlier medieval fortified settlement documented in the Annals of Loch Cé as a castle and bawn. The English name originates from the French family of Galway, who acquired substantial lands in the mid-seventeenth century during the property redistribution following the Cromwellian conqu...