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Baile Mhic Íre

Ballymakeery
Mac Íre's homestead
Baile Mhic Íre stands in the valley of the River Sullane within West Muskerry, a region historically part of the kingdom of Múscraige before the Eóganachta's rise as Kings of Munster. Three Ogham stones found in the area represent some of Ireland's earliest written records, dating to the pre-Christian Iron Age, indicating sustained settlement and literacy long before Christianisation. The valle...

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