Baile na nGallóglach

Baile na nGallóglach, the town of the gallowglasses, preserves in its Irish name a memory of the elite mercenary warriors from Gaelic-Norse Scottish clans who operated throughout Ireland from the mid-13th to late 16th centuries. The townland itself became associated with these warriors through a military engagement on a hill within its bounds. The modern English name Millford dates to the 18th ...