Baile an Fhaoitigh

Baile an Fhaoitigh takes its name from the Norman-Irish surname de Faoite ('White'), indicating settlement associated with this family. The townland shows evidence of early medieval occupation through nearby ringforts at Lissaniska and Brown's Stone in the adjoining Drombanny area, suggesting enclosed farmsteads typical of the 5th–10th centuries. By the 17th century, Ballyneety had developed as...