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In
Cromwell's time the Planters moved through these mountains which they attempted to cross. But the Irish attacked them and drove them back after a fierce battle which was fought in the townland now called Legnaderk - Lug-na-Dearg from the amount of blood spilled. Some say Maguire came to this
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There is a large mountain stream runs through the townland from west to east. On the south side of the Glan road near the west end of the townland, a large stone marks the spot where a man perished in the snow and every person who passes adds a small stone to the carn of the
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mountain range and its chief geographical features are Benbeg
Mountain (An Bhinn Bheag meaning âThe Small Peakâ), which reaches a height of 539 metres, mountain streams, waterfalls, forestry plantations and a spring well. The townland is traversed by the regional
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In Glan the
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A map of the townland drawn in 1813 is in the
National Archives of Ireland, Beresford Estate Maps, depicts the townland as
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A rental of the
Annesley Estate dated c.1802 mentions a lease for 31 years of Legnaderk dated 1 May 1780 to Andrew Brady.
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http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00208.pdf
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