An Bhearna agus Béalada

Barny and Bealady is situated in Rathdowney Civil Parish, Electoral Division of Donaghmore, Barony of Clandonagh, County Laois, a region with deep medieval roots. The civil parish itself derives its name from an ancient ringfort levelled in 1830, which is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters from the ninth through eleventh centuries, attesting to the area's significance in early Irish his...