Down a boreen south of Headford lies a sturdy stone fort. It's a bit overgrown, but unchanged since Sir William's visit. It's called An Chathair Gheal - the white fort - hence the name Cahergal. In the centuries before artillery, that was plenty of protection. Sir William (pp. 94-96) observed that the locals (aka peasants) never ascribe such structures to the work of the fairies (assuming instead that it was the work of Vikings or, ahem, giants) whereas every grassy heap or ring fort was always assumed to be the work of 'the little people'.
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