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Dunmore · Co. Galway

Where Ireland's High Kings Ruled and Anglo-Norman Lords Built Stone Fortresses Against Gaelic Resistance

1156 witnessed the death of High King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair at Dunmore, where this ancient hillfort settlement served as a secondary capital of Connacht for the Uí Conchobair dynasty who ruled the ancient tuath of Conmhaícne Dúna-Móir and Cenél Dubáin from their strategic…

Dunmore is a small place in County Galway. We're still writing the proper hub for it — pubs, food, walks, the things to skip — and it'll appear here when it does.