The
village of Glenbrohane lies along the Northern
slopes of the Sliabh Riagh Mountain (466.6 metres). Sliabh
Riagh - Sliabh Rí - The Hill of the King.
Fiacha Muilleathain and the Munsterment set up at Ceann Chláire
(Glenbrohane). They could see Cormac's camp on the Hill of Knocklong. The Hill of Knocklong is lower that Sliabh Riagh and so Cormac insisted his Druids rise it up to he would not be humiliated by seeming to be in a lower position to Fiachra.
It is from here that the greatest Druid of all, Mug Ruith, restores the water supply and drive Cormac and his army out of Munster and as far north as Sliabh Fuait (The Fews) in South Armagh.
There
is a stone circle on the hilltop. A group of
stones called "The King's Chair" can
be seen. There
is an Ogham Stone nearby at Ballingarry, one
of the only known Ogham stones in Co. Limerick.
Graveyards : Laraghlawe,
Ballingarry and Ballyfroota
Laraghlawe
graveyard overlooks the Hill of Knocklong and
has the ruins of an early church.
There
is a cromlech on the road near Ballyfroota Famine
graveyard. A stone wall in the centre of the
graveyard is part of the remains of a medieval
parish church.
St.
Patrick's Church is a pre-Catholic Emancipation
(1829), pre-famine (1845-1847) cruciform church
and received the National Heritage Award. The
site was donated by to the parish by the Protestant
Landlords, The Masseys, in 1819.
Ballingarry
Moat.
Lies
2 kilometres east from St. Patrick's Church,
used from about the 8th to the 14th century.
Remains of a rectangular medieval house were
found on the summit.
At
Doonglaura there exists an oval fort with two
ramparts. This Norman moat is one of the biggest
in the country.
Information
Reference : Glenbrohane Heritage Sign erected
by Ballyhouracountry.
Research
: Bill Power
Ballinvreena is about 3km westwards from Glenbrohane and
The Cush prehistoric earthworks are close by.
Wind
turbine on Slieve Riagh
Ballyhoura
Way Shannon Regional Trails Map
Mountainview
Information on Slieve Riagh
Ballyhoura
Cycling Map of Glenbrohane Area
Ballyhoura
Villages of Tradition
Slieve
Reagh Walk
From Kilfinane follow the Ballyhoura Way to
Ballintubber and on to Slieve Reagh.
The
One Wind turbine on Sliabh Riagh
The
windmill is owned by the wind farm company.
It
is an E-70 wind turbine, made in Hamburg at
a cost of €3milliom, 100 metres in height, the
foundation is 3 metres deep.