Where is Glenconkeyne?

Glenconkeyne is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8000°, -6.7700°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Glenconkeyne

Glenconkeyne in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Glenconkeyne 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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From the Wikipedia article

Glenconkeyne (from Irish Gleann Con Cadhain 'valley of Cadhan's hound') is an early-modern Irish district in what is now southern County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Glenconkeyne formed the western portion of the former barony of Loughinsholin in Mid Ulster, with the ancient districts of Clandonnell, Killetra, and Tomlagh comprising the rest. The area Glenconkeyne covered corresponds to the present-day parishes of Ballynascreen, Desertmartin, and Kilcronaghan. Glenconkeyne has also been recorded in historical sources as Glankonkein and Glanconkeyne.

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History

As a result of the dense forest that used to cover Glenconkeyne and Killetra, both formed the most inaccessible part of the whole of Ulster. The Clandeboye O'Neills are recorded as descending from the thick forests of Glenconkeyne from where they would conquer the shattered remnants of the Earldom of Ulster, becoming the principle Gaelic lords of eastern Ulster, with their territory known in English as Clandeboye. Local legends allegedly state that Glenconkeyne was a gift of Brian Carrach O'Neill to Cadhan O'Henry for defeating a monstrous hound that was terrorising the region, however the scholar John O'Donovan states that across the country many things appeared to be attributed to an…

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