What is recorded here
Muckanagh, the largest fort in County Clare, rises as a massive earthen ring in Lisduff. Local legend claims it belongs to fairies, but its scale suggests human ambition. Perhaps a chieftain built it to defy the dark, or perhaps the fairies borrowed the labour of forgotten men. Either way, the earth still holds the shape of that fierce choice.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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