Local History and Culture
Stair agus Cultúir na hÁite
The area has an impressive number of antiquities, including ring forts, early Christian sites, Mass rocks and some of the finest examples of megalithic tombs in Co. Donegal. The parish of Kilcar was also the scene for one of the most pivotal events in Irish history when on 14th September 1590 the forces of the Iníon Dubh defeated those of the claimant to the chieftainship of Tír Chonaill, Domhnall Ó Domhnall at Derrylaghan, leaving the way ready for the succession of her son Red Hugh following his escape from Dublin Castle.