What is recorded here

Green Island is a former island on the north shore of Mullagh Lough where dropped water revealed a bank and fosse cutting it into a promontory fort. It may have preceded Cloghballybeg castle or belong to a much older time when the lake still hid its edges. The change in water level turned a hidden place into an exposed one, reminding people that lakes give back what they took.

A large irregularly shaped former island close to the N shore of Mullagh Lough. Water- levels in the lake have dropped and the island is now joined to the mainland. Davies (1947, 98) recorded that the island is 'cut off from the mainland by a bank and fosse to form a promontory rath'. He speculated that 'this work might have been the predecessor of Cloghballybeg castle (CV040-005----), or it may be much older'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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