FERMANAGH, an inland county of the province of Ulster, bounded on the east by Monaghan and Tyrone, on the north by Tyrone and Donegal, on the west by Donegal and Leitrim, and on the sooth by Cavan. It extends from 54° 7′ to 54° 40’ (N. Lat), and from 7° 1′ to 8° 5′ (W. Lon.); and comprises an area of 457.195 statute acres, of which 289,228 are...
DONEGAL, a sea-port, market, and post town, a parish, the head of a union, and formerly an incorporated parliamentary borough, in the barony of Tyrhugh, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, 24 miles (8. W.) from Lifford, and 113 (N. W.) from Dublin; containing 6588 inhabitants, of whom 1013 are in the town. In 1150 Murtogh O’Loghlen burnt this town, and...
Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland contains a detailed study of Ireland in the 1830s and 1840s. It gives readers, historians and geneaologists like you and I a glimpse into Ireland before the Famin. Samuel Lewis gives details about every parish, town and village in Ireland, including inhabitants, employment, history, topography, religion and parish...