Glenkeel
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Glenkeel is a townland in the south west corner of Boho, County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh
Fermanagh District Council is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas....

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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This area includes the sub-townlands of Carrickaphreghaun, Carricknaboll, Cloghernavea, Lough Acrottan, Teeroe and Tullyveeny.
This area is notable for its geological features (described as Karst
KARST
Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

) which form part of the Reyfad-Glenkeel cave system, part of the Reyfad-Carrickbeg system. Glenkeel hill (373 m (1,223.8 ft)) is mentioned in several historical texts.

The area still retains local peat cutting.
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