What is recorded here

Magic and life touched everywhere. You are still here, still visible, still remembered. The lesson is clarity, not fear. What you understand becomes manageable. What you ignore grows sharp. This is why the chamber shows shadows instead of praise. It is not punishing you. It is removing the false parts that block vision.

In the 1940s a rath, called 'Lisín Maol an tSionnaigh', was recorded in John Donoghue's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). It was also called 'Lios na platainge' and 'people used to pay rounds here' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). This possible rath has not been precisely located. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shinnagh, known locally as Lisín Maol an tSionnaigh or Lios na platainge, is likely an early-medieval agricultural or defensive site. The name and references to "people used to pay rounds here" suggest a tradition of ritual or superstitious observance linked to the fort’s supposed fairy or supernatural associations.

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