Ros Cathail

Rosscahill is a small village in the civil parish of Killannin, barony of Moycullen, County Galway, in the Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha territory historically dominated by the O'Flaherty clan from the medieval period onwards. The placename Ros Cathail combines ros (wood, or sometimes promontory) with Cathail, the genitive of the personal name Cathal. Archaeological evidence points to early Christian ...