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Fermoy's name derives from its 13th-century Cistercian abbey, founded around 1170 by Donal Mór Ó Briain, King of Thomond, with Inishlounaght as its mother house. The Latin name Castrum Dei (the camp of God) reflected its religious significance. Before the monastery's establishment, the O'Keeffe clan ruled the túath of Fearna-Maighe-Feine. Following the Norman invasion, Fermoy's territory divide...