the parish includes numerous prehistoric and historic sites, including several ringforts such as the earthen ballyallaban ringfort and the limestone cahermore ringfort. at cahermacnaghten stands the central cashel of the o'davoran family with the ruins of their law school nearby. in faunarooska townland there are several wedge tombs. in gleninsheen townland, the gleninsheen gorget was discovered in 1932. there are also remains of more wedge tombs, known as the gleninsheen wedge tombs.