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Cnocán Gall
Knockangall
Hillock of the Foreigners/Gall
Knockangall lies in Rathmacknee Civil Parish within the Barony of Forth, a region with one of Ireland's most distinctive medieval histories. Following the Norman invasion of 1170, this barony received substantial English-speaking settlement when Norman soldiers granted land by Dermot MacMurrough established a colony that would prove remarkably durable. Unlike most Irish territories where Gaelic...
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