Carn

The area contains evidence of previous Neolithic habitation in the form of a ráth which was discovered by archaeologist VB Proudfoot in 1952. Over a period of three weeks, the archeological team discovered a rath approximately 100 ft by 60 ft. The site contained a hearth, a round –backed tanged knife common in Ireland in the first millennium AD, an Irish bone pin and fragments of a horse shoe. In the Middle Ages, this area was the site of a famous battle known as the Battle of Carncross. The battle was between the Flannagan Clan, who were rulers of this area under the patronage of the Maguires, and the Maguires themselves, who were punishing the Flannagans for not submitting to their rule.…