Seán Mac Diarmada was born here in 1883 and became a key organiser of the Easter Rising. His cottage is preserved nearby, a small witness to a life that changed Ireland's course. The village itself is sparse—this is honest-scarcity country, remote upland near Glencar, close to the Fermanagh border.
There's not much to consume here, no restaurants or hotels within the village. You come for the history, the connection to 1916, and because sometimes the significance of a place is its birthplace, not its amenities.
The reason to come back. The things every local will eventually tell you about, usually after the second pint.