Curraghnadimpaun Ringfort (rath)

Curraghnadimpaun Ringfort stands in County Kilkenny, a buried circle of earth and memory rather than a building of stone. It may have held a family, a herdsman or a fleeing person when the land was younger and rules were written in muscle and season. The name resists easy pronunciation, which suits a place that keeps its own counsel. To walk past it is to accept that some addresses belong to the dead and must be spoken without mockery.