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The Leslies as landlords
"All the islands of Lough Derg and the eel rivers are let for 5 pounds…"
The landholders of the parish
"The chief proprieters are the representatives of the late Colonel Leslie, who hold 45 townlands out of 50..."
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 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 general appearance of Templecarn
"The general appearance of Templecarn as an agricultural district is wild and unpromising..."
"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg"
"Eagles build in the islands of Lough Derg, in places apparently very accessible to man..."
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..."
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."
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."
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."