Illauncarbry

Illauncarbry is a small wooded islet in County Galway where a pre-Norman stone fort still stands inside a deep ditch and outer bank. Radiocarbon dating places its inner wall between AD 1020 and 1180, just before Cargin Castle represented the later Anglo-Norman order nearby. A recluse named Carbry may have lived there in the late 18th or early 19th century, giving the islet its present name, while mature hardwoods now make the ancient defences feel like a hidden chamber rather than a battlefield.