Durlas (Éile)

Durlas derives from Old Irish daur ('oak') and lios ('ring-fort'), literally meaning 'oaken ring-fort' or 'oaken enclosure.' The place name appears in historical records from circa 660 AD, when Maclduin, son of Furdran, Chief of Durlas, was killed. The O'Fogarty family gave their name to the territory - Durlas Éile Uí Fhogartaigh ("Strong Fort of the O'Fogarty's of Éile") - and by the medieval ...