Áth na nUrlainn

Áth na nUrlainn, meaning 'Ford of the slaughter,' takes its name from the River Goul crossing where early medieval conflict—possibly a 10th-century battle between Ossory and Munster forces—left its mark on the landscape. The early settlement clustered around Urlingford Castle and the Church of Islands, both fifteenth-century structures built by the Mountgarret Butlers, one of the region's most ...