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telling us that certain forts are " unidentified " or " unknown to the author." 

 For example, " Cathair Chuiro close to the sea " in the document is identified 

 with Caher Gel, near Cahirciveen, though scores of Caher-names remain all 

 round the coast. I shall give the identifications, with little comment where I 

 am able to suggest them. Brughrigh (Bruree, Limerick) ; Muilchead Seanchua 

 (Shanahoe near Muskerry, Cork), EosEaeda ; Cluain Uamha (Cloyne, Cork) ; 

 Cathair Chnuis (? Caherrush on the Clare coast) ;' Cathair Fhionnahhrach 

 (a stone fort near Kilfenora, Cil Fhionnahhrach, Clare, perhaps Ballykin- 

 varga^) ; Cathair Thuaighe ; Cathair Ghleanna Amhnach (Glanworth, Cork), 

 Cathair Chinn Chon^ (Eockbarton, Limerick) ; Dun fir Aen Cholga (?Dunae- 

 nu-, Kerry);* Dun Gair (Lough Gur, Limerick) ; Cathair Meathais ; Teamhair 

 Shubha (? Teamhair Luachra) ; Air Bile (Ardvilly near Ballymacelligot, 

 Kerry), "the great wealthy red"; Aenach mBearrain (Lissrawer, Burrane, 

 Clare') ; Magh Caille ; Ard Chonaill " the meeting place of hosts," Ard mic 

 ChonailP with Ard Ruidhe (Caherconnell, Cahermacconoal and some fort on 

 the hills above them, Carran, Clare); Tuaisceart Muighe; Magh Saire, 

 " worthy of reckoning with the three Aras of the sea " (Aran Isles, then part 

 of Clare) ; Aenach Cairpre (Manisternenagh, Limerick) ;' Druim Mor ; 

 Druim Caein. (These two names very common. O'Donovan thinks the first 

 Dromore near Mallow, Cork. Perhaps the last is Dromkeen, Limerick.) 

 Cathair Chuirc " close to the sea '" (O'Donovan says Caher Gel Kerry, but 

 most uncertain) ; Murbolcan (Trabolgan, Cork) ; Geibhtine (Askeaton, Inis 

 Geibhthine and Eas Geibhthine, Limerick) ; Grafann (Knockgraffan, Tip- 

 perary) ; Aill micCuirr (Father Hogan says near Knockgraffan, probably only 

 from its following that place, but no order is observed in the list); Magh Naei ; 

 Magh nEadarba, Uacht Magh ; Caechan Boirne " firm the road for the king " 



'This, with Aenach mBearrain, would claim a forfc at each end of the Corcavaskin 

 territory, as the ring of forts claimed in the Corcomroes could hold that tribe in check, 

 had the claim been reduced to reality. 



^The Dinsenchas gives a Mag Findabrach (Revue Celtique, xvi, p. 69) and Brechmag, 

 perhaps Kilfenora and Brechmag or Breffy in north-west Co. Clare, but so connected 

 with the Meath district as to be very doubtful. For Ballykinvarga see Journal E.S.A.I., 

 vol. xxvii, p. 121. Proo. B.I. Acad., vol. vi, ser. iii, p. 429. There are also a Kilfenora 

 near Fenit and a Ballynavenora in Corcaguiny, Kerry ; neither has a fort of outstanding 

 size or importance. 



3 A battle was fought there a.d. 640. 



* Journal B. S. Antt. Ir., vol. xlii, p. 307. 



'" It is of unusual size among the forts of that district, measuring 235 feet over all. It 

 has a fosse and inner and outer rings. The fort suggested by O'Donovan is not in 

 Burrane. 



^Journal R.S.A.I., vol. xxix, p. 374 ; vol. xxviii, p. 367. 



''Mr. Goddard H. Orpen, R. S. Antt. Ir., vol. xxxiv, p. 34, identified it with Enach 

 Culi in Corballv, and suggests that it is Rathmore. 



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