Ráth gCuanáin

Rathgoonaun's name, meaning 'Coonan's fort,' derives from a ring-fort associated with an individual named Cuanán, likely dating to the early medieval period. The townland lies in the civil parish of Kilmacshalgan within the barony of Tireragh in north County Sligo. Historically, this region formed part of the túath of Tír Fhíacrach Múaidhe, a Gaelic territory controlled by the Ua Dubhda (O'Dowd...