LOUGH See also:NEAGH
, the largest See also:lake (Irish, " lough ") in the See also:British Isles, situated in the See also:north-See also:east of See also:Ireland, in the See also:province of See also:Ulster, its See also:waters being divided between counties See also:Antrim (N. and E.), Down (S.E.), See also:Armagh (S.), See also:Tyrone and See also:Londonderry (W.)
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Its shape is an irregular oblong, its extreme measurements being 18 m. from N.E. to S.W
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16 from N. to S., and 11 from E. to W
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Its circumference, without including See also:minor indentations, is about 64 m., and its See also:area 98,2J5 acres or about 153 sq. m
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The shores are generally See also:flat and marshy, or very gently sloping, but flat-topped hills rise near the See also:northern See also:shore, where the lake reaches its extreme See also:depth of 102 ft
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The mean height above See also:sea-level is 48 ft
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Though the lough receives a large number of
1 The See also:prohibition to See also:Samson's See also:mother to abstain from See also:wine does not appear to belong to the See also:original narrative (see E
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Kautzsch, See also:Hastings's D.B. v
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657 See also:col. b, following Bohme)
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See also:John the Baptist is a later example of lifelong See also:consecration (See also:Luke i
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15) ; cf. also the tradition as to See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James the Just (Euseb
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H.E. ii
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23)
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2 On consecration of the See also:hair, see See also:Spencer, De Legibus Hebr. iii
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1
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6; I
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See also:Goldziher, Rev
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Hist
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Rel. xiv
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49 sqq
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(1886) ; 1
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G
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Frazer, See also:Golden Bought, i
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368 sqq.; and W
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R
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See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, Rel
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S''em.2, See also:Index s.v
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" hair."
streams, the See also:river See also:Bann alone carries off its waters, flowing northward
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The See also:principal feeders are the See also:Main on the north, the Crumlin (whose waters have petrifying See also:powers) on the east, the Bann and See also:Blackwater on the See also:south, and the Ballinderry and Moyola on the See also:west
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Antrim and Toome, at the N.E. and N.W. respectively, are the only towns immediately on the shores
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The islands are few and near the shores; namely, Skady See also:Tower on the north, See also:Ram's See also:Island (with a ruined See also:round tower) on the east, Ready and Coney Islands on the southwest
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The lough abounds in See also:fish, including gillaroo See also:trout, See also:char and pullen or fresh-See also:water See also:herring
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A tradition that the lough See also:rose suddenly from a See also:fountain, inundating a populous See also:district, and that remains of buildings may be seen below the waters, finds See also:place in See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Moore's ballad Let See also:Erin remember
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