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From: ivorie-samhoir <>
Subject: [CoTyrone] Donagheady
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 10:29:18 -0700

Hello Friends

info taken from "Donagheady Presbyterian Churches and Parish" by Rev John
Rutherford-

The parish of Donagheady is situated on the borders of
Derry and Donegal in the north of Co Tyrone, and covers an area of 31,000
acres. The parish, except along the River Foyle, comprises hills and
mountains, The Meendamph at 1,890 feet, Slieve Kirk at 1,219 feet, Dullerton
Hill is 726 feet- and stands near the Presbyterian Church. There are 2
larger lakes- Lough Ash at 41 and a half acres and the Moorlough at 42 and a
half acres (of which 12 acres are in the Parish of Leckpatrick). The river
Dennett runs through the parish into the Foyle, and provides trout and
salmon, along with water power to a number of scutch mills.

A mill at Loughnease, was originally a tuck mill and
a mill at Tullyard was a paper mill with
other earlier industries in the parish being, tanning leather (the largest
at Eden), Bleaching, Spinning, and Weaving.

In the parish there are "souterrains"- underground chambers to be found in
Ballybeeny, Broadfield, and Ballinabuoy. And there are "Menhirs", stone
pillars in Ballyneanor, Leitrim, Cloghbuoy and elsewhere.

Townland names with the prefix "lis" or "dun" indicate the one time the
presense of a Rath. Archealogical finds in 1938 of parts of a sword, pieces
of pottery and a ring have experts dating these at pre- 1000 BC.

Donagheady- being accessable by the sea (via the River Foyle) was ravaged
by the Norsemen, often being plundered and left in ruins. from the 8th -11th
century

Cheers- Teena

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