Glenkeel
| Glenkeel TOWNLAND | |
| Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
 An abandoned house in Glenkeel | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 54°24’36"N, 7°51’40"W |
| Grid reference: | H 091513 |
| Data | |
Glenkeel (from the Irish Gleann Caol, meaning "narrow glen") is a townland in Fermanagh, in the south-west corner of the civil parish of Boho, in the Barony of Magheraboy.[1] It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.
Glenkeel is divided into the sub-townlands of Carrickaphreghaun, Carricknaboll, Cloghernavea, Lough Acrottan, Teeroe and Tullyveeny.[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 (1,224 feet) is mentioned in several historical texts.[2] The area still retains the tradition of peat cutting.[1]
Name
Other historical forms/interpretations of the name Glenkeel have included Gleann Caoil, meaning "glen of the slender person" (1833) or "narrow glen".[3]
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 the glen, by near Lough Erne, on the western side, towards Leitrim) to a night-time resting place. This continued until the arrival of St Patrick who put an end to the serpent and its travels at Lough Derg.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. pp. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9.
- ↑ A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. i. S. Lewis & Co. 1837. http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/b4.php.
- ↑ Joyce, 1875
- ↑ 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. ISBN 9780940134140. https://books.google.com/?id=IEITng6KDSIC&pg=PA633&lpg=PA633&dq=Sgeitheog-an+Phreuchain#v=onepage&q=Sgeitheog-an%20Phreuchain&f=false.
