Around two weeks ago I came across an ancient name of a hill in Inishowen situated between Loughs Foyle and Swilly, called Crommal or Cromla. Theoretically all hills on Inishowen, except for those at Malin, lay between the two loughs, but this description is commonly used for the narrow neck which forms the connection between [...]
Archive for March, 2009
A suspect for the hill
Posted in A suspect for the hill, Grianan Aileach, tagged Grianan Aileach on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The past was orange – A note to its discovery
Posted in Grianan Aileach, tagged Grianan Aileach on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1824 Colonel Thomas Frederick Colby, of the Royal Engineers, was put in charge of the general direction of the arrangements of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Lieutenant Thomas Drummond, Lieutenant Thomas Aiskew Larcom and Lieutenant Joseph Ellison Portlock were appointed the same year to assist Colonel Colby. In 1829 Portlock became head of the [...]
