Baile na Lorgan

Castleblayney, known in Irish as Baile na Lorgan ('town of the long low ridge'), originated as a plantation settlement following the Tudor conquest of Gaelic Ulster during the Nine Years' War (1594–1603). The area had been ruled by the MacMahon (Mac Mathghamhna) chieftains of Oriel (Airgialla), a kingdom that dominated County Monaghan from the medieval period. The MacMahons descended from the T...