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Oughtcarn Townland

Oughtcarn is in the Electoral Division of Templecarn, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal

The Irish name for Oughtcarn is Ucht Caoin

Oughtcarn is on Logainm.ie: Oughtcarn.
Oughtcarn has an area…

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, Oughtcarn townland, Parish of Templecarne, townland

Portcreevy Townland

Portcreevy is in the Electoral Division of Pettigoe, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal

Portcreevy is on Logainm.ie: Portcreevy.

Portcreevy has an area of:

1,344,412 m² / 134.44 hectares /…

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, Parish of Templecarne, Portcreevy Townland, townland

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

Saints Island Townland

Saints Island is in the Electoral Division of Templecarn, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal

The Irish name for Saints Island is Oileán na Naomh

Saints Island is an island.

Saints Island is on…

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, island, lake, Parish of Templecarne, Saints' Island townland, townland

Seadavog Mountain Townland

Seadavog Mountain is in the Electoral Division of Templecarn, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal

Seadavog Mountain is on Logainm.ie: Seadavog Mountain.

Seadavog Mountain has an area of:

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Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, Parish of Templecarne, Seadavog Townland, townland

Station Island Townland

Station Island is in the Electoral Division of Pettigoe, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal

Station Island is an island.

Station Island is on Logainm.ie: Station Island.

Station Island has an…

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, island, Parish of Templecarne, Station Island, Station Island Townland, townland

Templecarn Graveyard Archaeological Survey

Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as a 'church in ruins', there is now no trace of the church above ground. In the surrounding graveyard (DG105-003003-), there are several grass-grown mounds. O'Connor (1879, 17) says that the church was…

Tags: Archaeological survey, High Cross, Parish of Templecarne, pilgrim path, Saints' Island, Templecarne Graveyard

Templecarn is a "barren subject"

"The author of the following brief sketch, on first receiving a copy of the statistical queries, was for a considerable time in doubt whether to forward any answer to the inquiries proposed..."

Tags: agriculture, barrenness, commerce, dryness, isolation, Lieutenant W. Lancey, manufacturing, negative description, North West Farming Society, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, potential, Royal Irish Academy, rural landscape, Templecarne, Termon Magrath

Templecarne Graveyard, County Donegal

Graveyard on irregular-plan, laid out c. 1600. Now out of use. Contains a collection of multidenominational cut stone gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent, and table-type memorials) mainly dating from c. 1750 to c. 1900. Two ashlar limestone…

Tags: 1795 disaster, building survey, built heritage, burial, Folklore, Parish of Templecarne, Templecarne, Templecarne Graveyard

The appearance of Lough Derg

"Lough Derg is a large sheet of water surrounded by black bogs relieved only by few detached cabins and patches of cultivation and its groups of islands..."

Tags: agriculture, appearance, bogland, cultivation, islands, lake, Lieutenant W. Lancey, mountains, negative description, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, quaking bog, remoteness, Royal Irish Academy, rural landscape, Templecarne

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