Carraig Thuathail

Carrigtohill derives from Carraig Thuathail, traditionally meaning 'Tuathal's rock', though scholarly sources also propose 'north-facing rock' referring to a conspicuous limestone outcrop that was later quarried. Human habitation in the Carrigtohill area extends back millennia: Mesolithic shell middens (7000–4000 BC) have been discovered at Brick Island and elsewhere, while thirteen Bronze Age ...