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"An ominous cloud appeared in the north"

"Early in the ninth century, an ominous cloud appeared in the north, which was presently to overcast all such fair scenses as that presented by Saints' Island..."

Tags: Alice Curtayne, Annals of the Four Masters, Danes, destruction, destruction of built heritage, destruction of written heritage, looting, Lough Erne, monastery, monasticism, ninth century, records, ruins, Saints' Island, St. Dabheoc, twentieth century, Vikings

The source of the River Termon

"There is a good deal of land [in the disctrict of Cullion] which is mountainous and some good land for the potato crop. There is a small wood growing in it. There is one river and a lake in the mountainous part. The river is the Termon river which…

Tags: border, County Donegal, County Tyrone, Folklore, Lough Erne, Oral History, river, River Termon, Scraghy, source, watershed

Travelling through Pettigo

An account of the town of Pettigo

Tags: Clogher, James Fraser, Kesh stream, Lough Erne, moorland, nineteenth century, Pettigo, River Termon, roads, transport

Location: Upper Lough Erne

Tags: commonly occurring location, Digital Derg Project, Geolocation, James L. Smith, key location, Lough Derg, Lough Erne, place names

Lough Derg gazetteer entry

The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

Tags: gazetteer, Inishgoosk, islands, Lough Derg, Lough Erne, nineteenth century, Pettigo, Saints' Island

Geology of Templecarn

"This district is a primitive formation of quartz and gneiss with blue mountain limestone filled with organic remains on the margin of Lough Erne."

Tags: geology, geomorphology, gneiss, Lieutenant W. Lancey, limestone, Lough Erne, mountains, ordnance survey, outcrops, quarts, rocks, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne

Lough Erne

"The coast of Lough Erne in this neighbourhood is low and a very small portion of it belongs to Templecarn. The general climate of Tyrhugh is moist and damp."

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, climate, environment, Lieutenant W. Lancey, Lough Erne, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne

The brooks and rivulets of Templecarn

"The parish [of Templecarn] is well watered, possessing a considerable number of brooks and rivulets converging from north west and north east towards the south and finally falling into Lough Erne."

Tags: brook, hydrology, Lieutenant W. Lancey, Lough Erne, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, rivers, rivulets, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, water

Rivers of southern Templecarn

"The county boundary of Fermanagh runs in the centre of a stream 40 feet wide flowing from north east to south west for 10 miles and turning the mill above the village, passes through Pettigo and falls into Lough Erne at Burnfoot..."

Tags: Burnfoot, County Donegal, County Fermanagh, hydrology, Lieutenant W. Lancey, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, river, River Termon, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, watershed

The general appearance of Templecarn

"The general appearance of Templecarn as an agricultural district is wild and unpromising..."

Tags: agriculture, description, farming, geology, Lieutenant W. Lancey, limestone, Lough Erne, negative description, North West Farming Society, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, Pettigo, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, wildness

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