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See also:NEAGH, LOUGH , 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.). Its shape is an irregular oblong, its extreme measurements being 18 m. from N.E. to S.W. 16 from N. to S., and 11 from E. to W. 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. 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. The mean height above See also:sea-level is 48 ft. 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. Kautzsch, See also:Hastings's D.B. v. 657 See also:col. b, following Bohme). See also:John the Baptist is a later example of lifelong See also:consecration (See also:Luke i. 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. H.E. ii. 23).
2 On consecration of the See also:hair, see See also:Spencer, De Legibus Hebr. iii. 1. 6; I. See also:Goldziher, Rev. Hist. Rel. xiv. 49 sqq. (1886) ; 1. G. Frazer, See also:Golden Bought, i. 368 sqq.; and W. R. 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. S''em.2, See also:Index s.v. " hair."
streams, the See also:river See also:Bann alone carries off its waters, flowing northward. 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. Antrim and Toome, at the N.E. and N.W. respectively, are the only towns immediately on the shores. 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. 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. 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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