What is recorded here

Lisnaguirrua is a vanished fairy fort in County Cork, Ireland. Ploughs and patience erased most of its thirty-five-metre circle, leaving only two shallow concentric rises around a narrow depression. It is no longer a grand boundary but a small earthy ripple, perhaps remembering the shape of doors, breath and excluded people.

In tillage. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; raised circular area depicted on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (diam. 22.5m) defined by two low concentric rises with intervening shallow depression. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Lisnaguirrua is a small, likely early-medieval ringfort, indicated by its circular, concentric bank features and historical map depictions. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and this fort may have been considered a dwelling place of the "good people" in folklore.

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