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Atlantic of Tillen Head, the most westerly ground in the mainland of
Donegal. Several marine indentations, generally tongue-shaped or elongated, indent the coast, and serrate it with small peninsulae; the principal of which are Loughrosbeg bay on the west, and Tillen harbour, Killybegs harbour, Macswine's bay, and Inver bay, on the south. Nearly the whole of the interior is a series of granitic uplands, alternating with wild moors or dismal bogs. Several of the mountains have an altitude above sea-level of 1,600 feet; and Slieveleague, near the extremity of the great peninsula, has an elevation of 1,964 feet, rises boldly up from the coast of the entrance of Donegal bay, and, as seen from the opposite sea-board of Sligo, forms a very remarkable feature in a boldly outlined landscape. The skirts of Slieveleague, the precipitous stoop of Teelin Head, and a considerable extent of intervening and prolonged cliff-line, suffer furious onsets from the roll and tempests of the Atlantic; present a shaggy, rugged, rocky exterior, deeply riven with the waves; and compose a series of alternately impressive and romantic coast-views. About 30,000 acres of the barony belong to the
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A large part of it consists of a peninsula 14½ miles in length, and 6½ in mean breadth, very nearly insulated by streams which fall into the head respectively of
Killybegs Harbour and Loughrosbeg bay, and extending westward to the seaward face of Slieveleague mountain, and to the plunge into the
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is said to have been so leased as to yield an annual rental profit of £9,000 to the lessee. This barony contains part of the parishes of
Inniskeel and Lower Killybegs, and the whole of the parishes of Glencolumbkill, Inver, Kilcarr, Killaghtee, Upper Killybegs, and
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388:. Other features in the barony include
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174:632.30 km (244.13 sq mi)
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622:Joyce, P.W. (1897). "County Donegal".
234:Banagh is bordered by the baronies of
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535:Banagh: mountains and mountain ranges
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344:Settlements in the barony include
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262:The barony contains the following
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211:came from Enna Bogaine, son of
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327:(also partly in baronies of
219:. It was created along with
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589:Irish Local Names Explained
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223:when the former barony of
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510:Banagh: population centres
303:(also partly in barony of
278:(also partly in barony of
217:Niall of the Nine Hostages
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323:, one townland only i.e.
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18:Barony in Ulster, Ireland
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242:to the northeast, and
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229:Parliament of Ireland
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543:From other sources:
419:Marquis of Conyngham
205:Patrick Weston Joyce
398:Bluestack Mountains
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340:Towns and villages
225:Boylagh and Banagh
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246:to the east.
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197:County Donegal
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248:Donegal Bay
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443:logainm.ie
431:References
426:Killymard.
396:, and the
390:Lough Eske
358:Dunkineely
329:Magheraboy
296:Killaghtee
763:by county
640:"Bannagh"
450:11 August
412:of 1846:
374:Killybegs
333:Clanawley
316:Killymard
276:Inishkeel
215:, son of
778:Category
685:Baronies
595:15 April
585:"Banagh"
559:"Banagh"
404:Features
143:Province
735:Tirhugh
705:Boylagh
689:Donegal
384:, and
362:Frosses
354:Donegal
350:Carrick
321:Rossory
305:Boylagh
280:Boylagh
244:Tirhugh
236:Boylagh
221:Boylagh
201:Ireland
189:Báinigh
160:Donegal
136:Ireland
102:54°42′N
30:Báinigh
700:Banagh
468:Banagh
386:Teelin
378:Kilcar
346:Ardara
291:Kilcar
209:Banagh
193:barony
181:Banagh
155:County
148:Ulster
105:8°18′W
83:Banagh
45:Barony
25:Banagh
568:6 May
435:From
370:Inver
286:Inver
185:Irish
34:Irish
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570:2015
452:2010
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166:Area
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