An Ráth Mhór

The name An Ráth Mhór, meaning 'the great ring-fort,' derives from ráth (a fortified enclosure) and mór (great or large), reflecting the place's origins as an Iron Age defensive structure. In the early medieval period, Rathmore served as a stronghold of the Meic Bráenáin, a branch of the Fothairt Airthir Life tribal group centred at nearby Kilteel. The Book of Leinster records that Donnchad mac...