Glenkeel
Coordinates: 54°24′36″N 7°51′40″W / 54.410°N 7.861°W Glenkeel (from Irish Gleann Caol, meaning "narrow glen") is a townland in the south west corner of the parish of Boho, in the land division of Old Barr, Barony of Magheraboy, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, OS map 20. [1] Other historical forms/interpretations of this name have included Gleann Caoil "glen of the slender person" (1833) and "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. [2]
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.[3]
The area still retains the tradition of peat cutting.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Edel Bannon, Louise Mclaughlin, Cecilia Flanagan, eds. Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9.
- ↑ 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 2. Irish Roots Cafe. p. 633.
- ↑ A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland i. S. Lewis & Co. 1837.
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