Béal Tairbirt

Béal Tairbirt, meaning mouth of the isthmus or crossing, reflects Belturbet's strategic location on the River Erne, where a shallow ford provided one of the best crossing points in the region. Before English settlement, the town served as the capital of the Kingdom of East Breifne, a historic Gaelic lordship spanning roughly 1256 to 1607 that corresponded to modern County Cavan under the contro...