An Lios Breac

An Lios Breac—the speckled ringfort—preserves in its name the memory of an Iron Age or early medieval fortified enclosure that once marked this site in County Longford. The townland of Lisbrack represents the anglicised form of this ancient designation, testifying to continuous habitation through the medieval period. The modern settlement of Newtown Forbes emerged from a royal grant made in 161...