Английская Википедия:Coney Island, Lough Neagh
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Coney Island is an island in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is about 1 km offshore from Maghery in County Armagh, is thickly wooded and of nearly Шаблон:Convert in area.[1] It lies between the mouths of the River Blackwater and the River Bann in the south-west corner of Lough Neagh.[2] Boat trips to the island are available at weekends from Maghery Country Park or Kinnego Marina.[3] The island is owned by the National Trust and managed on their behalf by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.[4] Coney Island Flat is a rocky outcrop adjacent to the island.[5] Although Samuel Lewis called Coney Island the only island in County Armagh,[6] Armagh's section of Lough Neagh also includes Croaghan Island, as well as the marginal cases of Padian and Derrywarragh Island.[7]
Name
The original Irish name of the island was Inis Dabhaill, "island of the Blackwater", so named because it lies opposite where the river Blackwater enters Lough Neagh.[8] In English it was called Enish Douel[8] and then Sidney's Island.[9] The current name comes from coney, meaning "rabbit".[8]
History
Coney Island has a rich history with long evidence of human occupation. This causeway was breached in the 19th century to allow the passage of barges from the Bann to the Blackwater.[2]
It features a 13th-century Anglo-Norman motte.[10]
A native settlement flourished there in the later Middle Ages when there was also a small iron industry. Subsequently, the island was refortified with a bank, ditch and an external palisade.[2]
It also has a 16th-century stone tower.[10] The island was one of the O'Neill's major strongholds, but was delivered to Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sydney in 1567, and appears to have continued in use as a fort for a generation at least. At some later point the defences were thoroughly razed. In the 17th and 18th centuries the island was only sporadically occupied.[2]
In the 1890s, Coney Island was bought by James Caulfeild, 7th Viscount Charlemont (1830-1913), supposedly for £150. He lived in Drumcairne, just outside Stewartstown, and bought the island building a summer house in 1895.[11] In 1946, the island was given to the National Trust by Fred Storey.[1]
References
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- ↑ Capper, W. Caring for the Countryside
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