Aghakeeran is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3895°, -7.8419°.

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Aghakeeran

Aghakeeran in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Aghakeeran is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Aghakeeran (from Irish Achadh Chaorthainn 'field of rowan trees') is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is near Derrygonnelly, in the civil parish of Devenish and is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.

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History

One of the first mentions of the name of this townland was made during the survey of the 6 northern counties of Ireland commissioned by James 1 under the direction of Sir Josias Bodley for the plantation of Ulster. During this time verbal evidence to cartographers played a significant role in delimiting the borders of the townlands. However, given the uniform shape and areas of the parcels some historians cast doubt on their accuracy. Aghakiran/Aghakirhin/Agharrin (1659: census of Ireland during its reassignment to the parish of Devonish under the tituladoes of Cohanagh McGuire); Aughakeerane (1841); Aghaheeran and finally Aghahieran. This townland was part of the civil parish of Boho area…

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