Editing Balor (section)

===Localization of the legend===
The placing of Balor's stronghold on Tory Island derives from the medieval literature, which places the Fomorians' stronghold there.<ref name="ohogain"/>  On Tory Island there are geological features called ''Dún Bhalair'' ("Balor's fortress") and ''Túr Bhalair'' ("Balor's tower"),<ref name="ohogain"/> and a tall rock formation called ''Tór Mór'' ("great tower").{{sfnp|Morris|1927|p=48}}

Although the Tory Island version of the folktale printed by O'Donovan was influential, this may have misled the public with the impression that "Tory has almost a monopoly of Balor traditions", so argues [[Énrí Ó Muirgheasa|Henry Morris]].{{sfnp|Morris|1927|p=57}} O'Donovan said that Balor was remembered "throughout Ireland".{{sfnp|O'Donovan|1856|p=18}} The Balor tales involving the magic cow were also being told plentifully elsewhere, particularly "South of Ulster". Morris stated he had collected "remnants" in [[Farney, Monaghan]] c. 1900, and that these versions connected Balor and the cow Glasgaivlen with places as far afield as "south [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] to [[Rockabill Island]] off the coast of Dublin".{{sfnp|Morris|1927|p=57}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|Another piece of lore localized in southern Ulster ([[Breifne|Breifni]] region, which spans counties) connects [[Enniskillen]] in present-day Northern Ireland, to Balor's wife [[Cethlenn]].{{sfnp|Morris|1927|p=57}}<ref>{{harvp|O'Donovan|1856|p=23}}, note x.</ref> The town was named after an island castle on the [[River Erne]], and popular legend has come to associate the castle with this Fomorian queen.<ref name=vinycomb/> Morris further contends that the village Glengevlin had been named after Balor's cow.{{sfnp|Morris|1927|p=57}}}}