TEMPLECARN

In 1868, the parish of Templecarn contained the following places:

"TEMPLECARN, a parish, partly in the barony of Lurgh, county Fermanagh, and partly in the barony of Tyrhugh, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland. It contains the village of Pettigoe, its post town. The surface is mountainous, and the soil poor. It is intersected by the rivers Pettigoe, Omra, Letter, and Rossharbor, which fall into loughs Derg and Erne, both within the limits of this parish. There are very picturesque views, including that of Santo Island. Petty sessions are held fortnightly. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Clogher, value £372, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is situated at Pettigoe, and is an old building in a ruinous condition. Not far from it is the supposed Site of the residence of the first bishop of Clogher, destroyed in Cromwell's time. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, a meetinghouse for Presbyterians, two Wesleyan chapels, and four public and several private and Sunday schools. Marble, lime, iron ore, and millstone are found here. There are the ruins of a monastery, once a favourite resort of pilgrims, but destroyed in 1207. Fairs are held on the 25th of each month.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018