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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..."
"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg"
"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg, in places apparently very accessible to man..."
The general appearance of Templecarn
"The general appearance of Templecarn as an agricultural district is wild and unpromising..."
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 demographics of Templecarn
"Templecarn contains 794 families, 1,987 males, 2,185 females, 1,728 Established Church, 2,568 Roman Catholic, 97 Presbyterians, 4,393 total..."
The landholders of the parish
"The chief proprieters are the representatives of the late Colonel Leslie, who hold 45 townlands out of 50..."
The Leslies as landlords
"All the islands of Lough Derg and the eel rivers are let for 5 pounds…"
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 trees of Templecarn
"Of woods, nurseries or plantations [Templecarn] is at present completely destitute, thought there is every appearance of it having been formerly well supplied with timber..."
Tags: Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), barrenness, climate, fir, forest, iron smelting, isolation, larch, Lieutenant W. Lancey, North West Farming Society, Oak (Quercus spp.), orchards, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, Royal Irish Academy, rural landscape, scotch fir, Templecarne, Termon Magrath, trees, woodlands
The extent of the Templecarn bogs
"Though the number of bogs in this district is considerable, yet few of them reach to any great extent..."