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"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg"
"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg, in places apparently very accessible to man..."
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."
John O'Donovan described the lake
"Ballyshanny. (Nov. 1, 1835.) I visited the far-famed terrestrial Purgatory of Lough-Derg but received no benefit from my tours except a severe cold, which I attribute more to the wet mountain bogs that surround the Lake..."
Lough Derg meets the sea
"[Lough Derg] and [the River Derg] empty themselves into the Mourne and finally mingle with the ocean at Magilligan…"
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."
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..."
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..."
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..."
The bogs of Templecarn
"There is a vast extent of bog in Templecarn in which fir and other timber are found..."
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."