What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullaher: A ringfort - rath, an earthen circle where people lived, hid or worshipped before maps existed. In County Clare such forts were neighbours, not myths; the fairy name comes later, when human memory faded into story.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Church in TullaherChurch · 1558 yd
LisgurreenFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1684 yd
Doonbeg Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 3.3 mi
Doonmore CastleRuins · 3.6 mi
Doonbeg BayBay · 3.6 mi
George's HeadHeadland · 3.7 mi
White StrandBeach / strand · 3.9 mi
Diamond RockHeritage attraction · 4.0 mi