Dún Búinne

Dunboyne's Irish name Dún Búinne derives from uncertain sources, though the place name may have been influenced by the nearby river Bóinne (Boyne). Others suggest it is named from the goddess Buí, wife of Lugh. The settlement has occupied this location for roughly a thousand years, with an Anglo-Norman motte erected atop an earlier pre-Norman dún or fort. The first documented Anglo-Norman fami...