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Glenshane Pass

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gunmen near the Glenshane Pass. Some reports said he was involved in a covert observation post when he spotted two suspected gunmen. He stood up to challenge the men and was fatally wounded, but he shot back wounding one
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in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. However earlier forms of the name exist as far back as the 14th-century long before O'Mullan or rapparrees existed.
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and including a large, well-developed hummock and pool system within a thick mantle of blanket peat. It is also classed as an
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The Glenshane Pass derives its name from the townland of Glenshane. It is erroneously claimed as being named after
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broke out in Glenshane Pass in late June 2018, burning more than 600 acres of dry gorse in the pass by 27 June.
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On 17 March 1978, a British Army soldier was shot dead in a gun battle with
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explosion on the Glenshane Pass. Their Land Rover was destroyed by two
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consisting of 120 lbs of explosive packed in milk churns.
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Irish
mountain
Sperrin Mountains
County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
townland
Derry
Belfast
A6
wildfire
Special Area of Conservation
blanket bog
topography
Area of Special Scientific Interest
Shane Crossagh O'Mullan
rapparee
highwayman
County Londonderry
County Tyrone
British Army
landmine
IEDs
IRA
"Carn – Glenshane Pass"
Archived
"Carn/Glenshane Pass"
"Patrons of Ireland's highest pub travel to see Kerry back on Top"
The Irish Times
Archived

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