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Templecarne: Patrick's first church?
"…Tirechan says that Patrick founded a Church in Tirhugh. Where now is the location of that church?..."
"He always looked for the most inaccessible place in every district"
"Think of [Saint Patrick] located somewhere near Templecarne for several months and thus surrounded. The lake would certainly invite him with its promise of refuge and sanctuary..."
The River Derg
"The river dividing the counties of Tyrone and Donegal on the north mearing of Templecarn receives the drainage of Lough Derg..."
Lough Derg meets the sea
"[Lough Derg] and [the River Derg] empty themselves into the Mourne and finally mingle with the ocean at Magilligan…"
The bogs of Templecarn
"There is a vast extent of bog in Templecarn in which fir and other timber are found..."
The dimensions of Lough Derg
"The lakes [of the Parish of Templecarn] amount to 110, of which Lough Derg is the most extensive..."
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."
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."
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."
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..."