Cathair Saidhbhín

Cahersiveen, situated on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, takes its name from the Irish Cathair Saidhbhín, meaning 'little Sadhbh's stone fort.' The name references both the ringfort structures prevalent in the area and an echo of Sadhbh, the legendary mother of Oisín in Irish mythology, though the specific connection to a historical or quasi-mythological Saidhbhín remains obscure in writ...