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Ballindine
Town of the Fortress
Ballindine's name derives from a fort once associated with the settlement. According to local tradition and historical records, a possible fort occupied a field adjacent to the National School; folklore held that a souterrain connected this structure via underground passages to ruined churches at Cloonmore, approximately two kilometres to the east, and Garryduff, five kilometres westward. The v...

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