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Lissnoolaghan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Lissnoolaghan is a Clare fairy fort, an earthen ring where human history has thinned into myth. It stands as a rath, a boundary marker between the ordinary world and the strange lives said to continue inside its banks. The earth has kept its shape long enough to suggest that forgetting is not the same as losing.
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Lissnoolaghan, Kilfearagh is a ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, commonly associated with ancient Irish farming communities. Local folklore may link such sites to fairies or other supernatural beings, as "Lissnoolaghan" suggests a connection to a fairy hill or sanctuary.

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