The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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THE UKITIsn ISLES.
spanned by a bridge 288 feet in length. Coleraine belongs to tbe county of
Londonderry.
BaUijmoncy is the most important town of Antrim in the valley of the Bann,
but lags far behind Balhjmcna, on a small tributary of the Main, which takes
its course direct into Lough Neagh, entering it near the old county town of
Antrim. Ballymena is one of the most important flax and linen markets in
Ireland. Near it is Gracehill, a Moravian settlement founded in 1765. Antrim,
on the other hand, is a place of little note, except for its castle, its round tower.
Fig. 207.—LovGH FoYLE.
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and the ruins of Shane's Castle, picturesquely seated on the shore of the
lake.
The county of Londonderry occupies only a narrow seaboard between the
river Bann and Lough Foyle, but expands in the south, where it stretches as far
as Lough Neagh. The greater portion of its area is covered with moorland hills,
but fertile tracts extend along the vallej's and the coast. Londomhrry, the county
town, on the river Foyle, is one of the most picturesque places in Ireland, still
surrounded by its ancient walls, which enclose a hiU upon whose summit stands the
cathedral. Formerly plain Berry, the city took its present name when James I.
presented it, together with the surrounding country, to the twelve great livery