The Ulster Blackwater

The Ulster Blackwater

The Ulster Blackwater is primarily located in Counties Armagh and Tyrone, Northern Ireland, but also forms a short section of the border with County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. Rising north of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, it flows for approximately 85 km (50...
The Ulster Canal

The Ulster Canal

  Contents – Waterways Through Time   The Ulster Canal is Ireland’s third longest canal after the Royal and the Grand. Opened in 1841, it stretched for roughly 74km stretch – 46 miles if you prefer – to link Lough Erne to Lough Neagh, passing through Counties Armagh,...
A History of Bishopscourt, Clones, Co. Monaghan

A History of Bishopscourt, Clones, Co. Monaghan

Built as a rectory for the Church of Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars, Bishopscourt was considered such a fine abode that two Bishops of Clogher opted to use it as their main place of residence during the first decades of the 20th century. This tale takes in the...