Tradition says that Hugh O'Neil in the sixteenth century, after his march to the south, encamped his army on the Rath or Fort of Ringlestown, to be assisted by the spirits of the mighty dead who dwelt within this Rath.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
He was himself only the King of this Rath.
"Fairies and Folk of Ireland"
William Henry Frost
I will tell you what a Rath is.
"Fairies and Folk of Ireland"
William Henry Frost