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Other historical forms/interpretations of the name Glenkeel have included ''Gleann Caoil'', meaning "glen of the slender person" (1833) or "narrow glen" (Joyce, 1875). |
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This area includes the sub-townlands of Carrickaphreghaun, Carricknaboll, Cloghernavea, Lough Acrottan, Teeroe and Tullyveeny.<ref name=BohoHeritage/> <br> |
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Other authors have stated that the name may derive from Bragbaid-na-Caoile. The caol being after an extraordinary monstrous serpent which spent its days in Monaghan consuming a great deal of the local produce and then it would proceed through (gleann-na-Caoile (Glenkeel, near Louch Erne, on the western side, towards Leitrim) to a nighttime resting place. This continued until the arrival of [[St Patrick]] who put an end to the serpent and its travels at [[Lough Derg (Ulster)|Lough Derg]]. <ref name=AnnalsofIreland>{{cite book |title = Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters as translated into English by Owen Connellan: Volume 2 of the 2 volume set, with large folding family location Map |author=Michael O Cleary etc|publisher=Irish Roots Cafe |page = 633 |volume=2|year=2003|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IEITng6KDSIC&pg=PA633&lpg=PA633&dq=Sgeitheog-an+Phreuchain&source=bl&ots=WMIcQCCTYa&sig=9IKI6Hm-FYXY6xLfwhOL9Geq2Nw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=72zzVIXFO8PVaoaUgZgL&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sgeitheog-an%20Phreuchain&f=false| }} </ref> |
Other authors have stated that the name may derive from Bragbaid-na-Caoile. The caol being after an extraordinary monstrous serpent which spent its days in Monaghan consuming a great deal of the local produce and then it would proceed through (gleann-na-Caoile (Glenkeel, near Louch Erne, on the western side, towards Leitrim) to a nighttime resting place. This continued until the arrival of [[St Patrick]] who put an end to the serpent and its travels at [[Lough Derg (Ulster)|Lough Derg]]. <ref name=AnnalsofIreland>{{cite book |title = Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters as translated into English by Owen Connellan: Volume 2 of the 2 volume set, with large folding family location Map |author=Michael O Cleary etc|publisher=Irish Roots Cafe |page = 633 |volume=2|year=2003|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IEITng6KDSIC&pg=PA633&lpg=PA633&dq=Sgeitheog-an+Phreuchain&source=bl&ots=WMIcQCCTYa&sig=9IKI6Hm-FYXY6xLfwhOL9Geq2Nw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=72zzVIXFO8PVaoaUgZgL&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sgeitheog-an%20Phreuchain&f=false| }} </ref> |
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54°24′36″N 7°51′40″W / 54.410°N 7.861°W Glenkeel (from Irish Gleann Caol 'narrow glen') is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the south-west corner of the civil parish of Boho, in the land division of Old Barr, in the former barony of Magheraboy.[1]
This area is notable for its geological Karst features notably forming part of the Reyfad-Glenkeel cave system and Reyfad-Carrickbeg system. Glenkeel hill (373 m (1,224 ft)) is mentioned in several historical texts.[2] The area still retains the tradition of peat cutting.[1]
Etymology
Other historical forms/interpretations of the name Glenkeel have included Gleann Caoil, meaning "glen of the slender person" (1833) or "narrow glen" (Joyce, 1875).
This area includes the sub-townlands of Carrickaphreghaun, Carricknaboll, Cloghernavea, Lough Acrottan, Teeroe and Tullyveeny.[1]
Other authors have stated that the name may derive from Bragbaid-na-Caoile. The caol being after an extraordinary monstrous serpent which spent its days in Monaghan consuming a great deal of the local produce and then it would proceed through (gleann-na-Caoile (Glenkeel, near Louch Erne, on the western side, towards Leitrim) to a nighttime resting place. This continued until the arrival of St Patrick who put an end to the serpent and its travels at Lough Derg. [3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|editors=ignored (|editor=suggested) (help) - ^ A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Vol. i. S. Lewis & Co. 1837.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Michael O Cleary etc (2003). Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters as translated into English by Owen Connellan: Volume 2 of the 2 volume set, with large folding family location Map. Vol. 2. Irish Roots Cafe. p. 633.
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