Glenkeel An Gleann Caol | |
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  Glenkeel | |
| Coordinates:54°24′36″N7°51′40″W / 54.410°N 7.861°W /54.410; -7.861 |
Glenkeel (from Irish Gleann Caol 'narrow glen') is a townland inCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland. It is situated in the south-west corner of thecivil parish ofBoho, in the land division of Old Barr, in the formerbarony ofMagheraboy.[1] It is situated withinFermanagh 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 geologicalKarst 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]
Other historical forms/interpretations of the name Glenkeel have includedAn Gleann Caol, meaning "the glen of the slender person" (1833) or "the narrow glen" (Joyce, 1875).
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 ofSt Patrick who put an end to the serpent and its travels atLough Derg.[3]
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