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An Céide
Keady
The flat-topped hill
An Céide, meaning the flat-topped hill, derives from Irish topographical terminology reflecting the settlement's elevated setting. The O'Neill clan significantly shaped early development when Owen MacHugh O'Neill entered the region around 1545, establishing a dynastic presence commemorated in townland names such as Rathcarbery (Fort of Cairbre). Keady developed strategically at a crossroads lin...
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