- in the
north of Inisheer. A
ringfort once
stood on the site,
named Dún
Formna ("hillfort of the ridge/shoulder",
referring to the "shoulder" of land)...
- fifth-century
Church of
Saint Brecan. A
ringfort on Inisheer,
called Dún
Formna,
became the site of a
castle built by the O'Briens
around the 14th century...
- Maumtrasna,
historically Formnamore (Irish:
Formna Mór, 'the
great shoulder'), is the
highest of the
Partry Mountains in
south County Mayo, Ireland, rising...
-
other Aran
Islands forts like Dún Conor, and
perhaps contemporary with Dún
Formna on Inisheer. The name Dún Mur is
believed to have the same
derivation as...
- to the
Annals of Innisfallen,
which represents a
Munster perspective, "
formna Gall herend" ('the best part of the
foreigners of Ireland') fell therein...
