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Townlands in the locality and what they mean :
Ballynagarrick - The place of the rocks Ballydougan - The place of Dougan Ballygargan - The place of little stones Ballynaghy - The place in the field Ballymacanallon - The place of the beautiful person Bleary - The place of O'Leary Brackagh - The speckled place or the haunt of badgers Cranny - A place full of trees Clare - A plain Corcreany - Round hill of the trees Knocknamuckley - Hill of the pigs or pig-sties Moyallon - The beautiful plain Mullahead - The long ridge
Quoting from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of 1834 " Nature features- Shane's Hill in the townland of Ballydugan, 336 feet above sea level. From this point there is an extensive view .
Nearly the whole of the parish is arable land and in a high state of cultivation. " & Ballydugan contains 947 acres, 2 roods 3 perches.
Near the centre is Shane's Hill, 336 feet above the sea; proprietors the heirs of the late Henry Wallace Esquire."
John Harrison 2008.
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