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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..."

Tags: Badger (Meles meles), birdlife, Croaghbrack townland, curlews, eagle, Eagle's Rock Island, fauna, grouse, hares, islands, kites, lake, Lieutenant W. Lancey, ordnance survey, partridges, Royal Irish Academy, snipe, Templecarne, upper lake

"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..."

Tags: Alice Curtayne, Catholicism, church, fifth century, hermitage, isolation, Parish of Templecarne, pilgrimage, purgatory, ruins, speculation, St. Patrick, Templecarne, Templecarne Graveyard, twentieth century

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 Derg meets the sea

"[Lough Derg] and [the River Derg] empty themselves into the Mourne and finally mingle with the ocean at Magilligan…"

Tags: County Derry, County Donegal, County Tyrone, Derry, hydrology, Lieutenant W. Lancey, Magilligan, Northern Ireland, ordnance survey, River Derg, River Foyle, River Mourne, rivermouth, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, watershed

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 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

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

Browse Items (28 total)

"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg"

"He always looked for the most inaccessible place in every district"

Geology of Templecarn

Lough Derg meets the sea

Lough Erne

Rivers of southern Templecarn

Templecarn is a "barren subject"

Templecarne Graveyard, County Donegal

Templecarne: Patrick's first church?

The appearance of Lough Derg