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The part which is arable is only reclaimed mountain...There is a remarkable hollow between two mountains called
Balebally Gap which the road from Bawnboy to Glan chapel passes through. There is an ancient legend concerning this place. Iron ore, sandstone and slate is found in the mountain but it is
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mountain range and its chief geographical features are
Benbrack Mountain (An Bhinn Bhreac meaning ‘The Speckled Peak’), which reaches a height of 503 metres, Benbeg Mountain (An Bhinn Bheag meaning ‘The Small Peak’), which reaches a height of 539 metres, Bellavally Gap, the
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The main army came up with them after some of their men had been killed: Diarmait O Flannacain, Mac
Maenaig, Coiclid O Coiclid and a number of others; and the combined armies came to Alt na hElti and Doirin Cranncha, between Ath na Betige and
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Applotment Books for 1826 list sixteen tithepayers in the townland but this would probably include both Bellavally Upper and Lower townlands.
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186:not quarried nor used in any way whatever
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1015:List of townlands of County Cavan
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395:References
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54:Glangevlin
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