Fiodh Ard

Fethard takes its name from the Irish Fiodh Ard, meaning 'high wood', a reference to the elevated wooded terrain on which the settlement was founded. The town originated in the early thirteenth century as a planned Anglo-Norman settlement, established around 1201 under the lordship associated with William de Braose, with a regular street layout, market area, parish church, and graveyard typical...