Ballinaglera Online

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This is the first and possibly the last site of Ballinaglera you will ever find.
This site was built by Noel (for security reasons I wont give my last name) so that people can descover a bit of local history.

A General SurveyThe parish of Ballinaglera is situated in mid Co. Leitrim along the northern half of the Eastern shore of Lough Allen but it includes 1,792 acres of that lake extending westwards in which portion Inch Island is situated. The boundary with Inishmagrath Parish, in the lake, is a projection of the Shannon where it enters the northern end of the lake passing just west of the island. The Shannon from Dowra to its entry into the lake, a distance of about two miles, forms the remainder of the western boundary. On the north it adjoins Co. Cavan while the Sliabh an Iarainn mountains lie on the east side, the boundary being on top of the mountains, and the Stony River with its projection into Lough Allen to meet the projection of the Shannon mentioned, forms the boundary on the south. The parish is roughly triangular in shape. Geographically it would appear to belong to South Leitrim but for administrative purposes, both civil and ecclesiastical, it is included in North Leitrim and is in the diocese of Kilmore.
Since the rearrangement of Kilmore parishes in 1969, Newbridge district west of the Shannon, formerly part of Inishmagrath Parish, and part of Doobally district to the Northwest, formerly included in Killinagh Parish, have been attached to Ballinaglera. Except for later reference to the new church at Newbridge and priests' ministry in the extended parish, these two districts are not included in the present work . Adjoining parishes are Inishmagrath to the west in Co. Leitrim, Killinagh to the Northwest beyond Dowra in Co. Cavan, Glangevlin, also in Co. Cavan, to the north, the Co. Cavan portion of Drumreilly Lower to the north-east, Oughteragh in Co. Leitrim to the east, Kiltubrid and Drumshanbo to the south-east and south respectively, both in Co. Leitrim.