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Dún Aonghasa (unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus [2]) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff. [3] A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair (anglicized Doocaher), [1] meaning "black fort", is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, (Killeany), Inishmore (one of the Aran Islands) in County Galway, Ireland. [2] Due to erosion, it now sits on a rocky promontory that stretches out into the sea. On its outer side there are large walls ...
Inis Mór is the largest of the Aran Islands Beach on Inis Mór Cill Rónáin Photograph from within Dún Aonghusa on Inis Mór in Galway Bay, Ireland, a prehistoric coastal hill fort Inishmore ( Irish : Árainn [ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ] ⓘ , Árainn Mhór [ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ woːɾ] or Inis Mór [ˈɪnʲɪʃ mˠoːɾ] ) is the largest of the Aran ...
The name means "Conor's Fort;" [11] legends link it to Conor, son of Hua Mór and brother of Aengus. [12] The size of the forts on the Aran Islands gave rise to the legends of the Fir Bolg. [13] John O'Donovan visited Dún Conor in 1839. The clocháns in the interior were restored in the 1880s. [citation needed]
Dún Fearbhaí is a stone ringfort (cashel) shaped like a square with rounded corners; it contains two walls and one terrace built on a steep incline, and also four sets of internal stairs. The walls are up to 4 m (13 ft) high and up to 3 m (9.8 ft) thick, and measure about 27 m (89 ft) by 23 m (75 ft) internally.
Inishmaan (/ ˌ ɪ n ɪ ʃ ˈ m æ n / IN-ish-MAN; Irish: Inis Meáin [ˈɪnʲɪʃ mʲaːnʲ], the official name, formerly spelled Inis Meadhóin, meaning "middle island") is the middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland. It is part of County Galway in the province of Connacht. Inishmaan has a population ...
Bronze replica of the cross inscribed on a graveslab at Cill na Seacht nIníon. The fort is formed from two square drystone walls with a cross inscribed onto a pillar-stone. [7] [5] The Grave of the Seven Daughters is the incomplete circuit of a cashel; there are sleeping niches in the walls reminiscent of the Roman catacombs.
The ruins of the old church, some cholera graves and a holy well called Tobar Breedia are still to be seen. Deer Island was once a deer park, enclosed by water, where the Earl of Thomond kept a live larder of venison.