Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . .?- CLOONEEN O 0 O;LEMENEACHs£~* , ? Castle r^^^SfV,fish Poni To CorofinV-. Map of the Ballyganner Group op Antiquities fort (bitheamnach), and that he never heard the name Caherna-speekee applied to the fort, so called on the maps. He says that thefield called Parccauhernaspeekee (Pairc cathrach na spice) lies to thenorth-east beyond Caheraneden. Some of these fort names are veryvague ; in 1887 the name of Caheremon was transferred to themortar-built ruin called Cashlaunawogga. In 1895 I was told by aherdsman that Ballykinvarga was call
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . .?- CLOONEEN O 0 O;LEMENEACHs£~* , ? Castle r^^^SfV,fish Poni To CorofinV-. Map of the Ballyganner Group op Antiquities fort (bitheamnach), and that he never heard the name Caherna-speekee applied to the fort, so called on the maps. He says that thefield called Parccauhernaspeekee (Pairc cathrach na spice) lies to thenorth-east beyond Caheraneden. Some of these fort names are veryvague ; in 1887 the name of Caheremon was transferred to themortar-built ruin called Cashlaunawogga. In 1895 I was told by aherdsman that Ballykinvarga was called Cahernaspeekee, becauseof its spikes, or abattis. As a rule I have rarely found any doubtsabout fort names in Co. Clare ; usually the consensus of the old peopleis complete, and the doubt only introduced by a young, and there- i Journal, vol. xxvii, pp. 119, 120; vol. xxxi, p. 290. Ancient Forts ofIreland, fig. 13, North Munster Archaeol. Soc, vol. i, p. 23. 254 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND fore less authoritative, person. Dr. MacNamara and I found itequally hard to get genuine names inserted1 and inaccurate name
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