An Garastún

An Garastún (Garrison) is named from the military barracks established by William III following the Battle of Aughrim in 1691, with the Irish name being a direct translation of the English term for a fortified military settlement. The village developed as a administrative and religious center within the parishes of Innismacsaint and Devenish in County Fermanagh's Magheraboy barony. By the 1830s...