Lios an Dualtaigh

Lios an Dualtaigh, 'Ringfort of Dualtach' (from lios = ringfort; dualtach = black-limbed), preserves in its place-name the memory of an Early Christian settlement. Lissadulta is located in Kilthomas civil parish, in the baronies of Loughrea and Kiltartan in County Galway, approximately six miles northwest of Gort. The townland takes its name from a lios, a circular earthen ringfort that would ...