Lios Cearnaigh

Lios Cearnaigh, located in Knappagh Electoral Division within Aghagower Civil Parish, Murrisk Barony, County Mayo, derives its name from the Irish words lios (ringfort) and Cearnaigh (victorious), meaning a fort associated with victory or a victorious settlement. The ringfort, or lios, represents a distinctive form of early Irish settlement dating from approximately 400 to 1200 AD, which served...