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    The Lagan Canal was a 44-kilometre (27 mi) canal built to connect Belfast to Lough Neagh. The first section, which is a river navigation, was opened in...
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  • Lacy's Canal Lismore Canal Kilkenny Canal Killaloe Canal & Plassey–Errina Canal Lagan Canal (Lagan Navigation) Newry Canal Park Canal Strabane Canal Ulster...
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    but those that already used Lough Neagh, and the Lagan Canal, the Newry Canal and the Coalisland Canal, were 14.8 feet (4.5 m) wide, and would not therefore...
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    The River Lagan (from Irish Abhainn an Lagáin 'river of the low-lying district'; Ulster Scots: Lagan Wattèr) is a major river in Northern Ireland which...
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    Retrieved 31 May 2010. "Lagan Canal Trust". Lagan Canal Trust. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. "Belfast to Lisburn, Lagan Towpath (Route 9)"...
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    drop in the surface level. The final lock on the Lagan Canal, the Coalisland Canal and the Ulster Canal had to be rebuilt with a lower cill and deeper lock...
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    The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
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    opened on 10 July 1962 The motorway follows the route of the former Lagan Canal between junctions 2 and 6. The first user of the road was a motorcyclist...
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    arched bridge situated over the Lagan Canal, was built between 1760 and 1779 by Thomas Omer, engineer in charge of the canal. It is a listed building. McIlroy...
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    improvements in the town's commercial infrastructure, including the Lagan Canal, new docks and quays, and the construction of the White Linen Hall which...
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  • the canal faced increasing competition from road transport once the war was over. The canal, along with the Lagan Navigation and the Ulster Canal, was...
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    scheme was revived in 1822 and the canal was eventually completed in 1841. Below the first lock at Charlemont, the canal joined the river, and used the river...
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  • Ireland to assess proposals for the Lagan Canal, and then to County Durham to produce plans and reports for a proposed canal to link Winston to Stockton-on-Tees...
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    is bottled there. The plant is adjacent to a lock on the Lagan Canal (also known as the Lagan Navigation). List of villages in Northern Ireland List of...
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  • Parliament, but opposition could effectively prevent its construction. The canal companies, unable or unwilling to upgrade their facilities to compete with...
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    Galway, found at several sites along the Eglinton Canal, County Galway, County Down. and from the Lagan Canal near Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Young plants...
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    of the Lagan Valley constituency, represented by DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. At a provincial level the identically named and districted Lagan Valley...
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    The Newry Canal is an abandoned canal in Northern Ireland. Opened in 1742, it was built to link the Tyrone coalfields to the Irish Sea. The navigable...
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    architecture. Immediately after leaving the station the line crosses the Lagan Canal on the Askew Bridge, and then runs parallel to the M1 motorway as far...
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    town, the station itself is located in County Antrim, the neighbouring Lagan Canal being the boundary. Moira station is the oldest building on the NI Railways...
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  • Point along with information on the local conservation and heritage. The Lagan Canal Trust also runs its operations out of the building. Kinnego Marina: The...
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    Richard Owen, then working on the extension of the Lagan Canal from Lisburn to Lough Neagh. Most of the canal was completed within a year, but construction...
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  • Crossing the Lagan Canal by the Ulster Railway near Moira....
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    Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Damhead Knockmore Lisburn-Antrim railway line Moira Lagan Canal Pritchard's Bridge Lurgan Seagoe River Bann Portadown Belfast–Newry railway...
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    the first barge cargo brought to Belfast from Lough Neagh by the new Lagan Canal Navigation (now disused). The coats of arms on the pediment are of the...
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    (Scottish Gaelic: An Lagan) is a small village in the Great Glen, in the Highland region of Scotland. The older, longer Gaelic name is Lagan Achaidh Droma,...
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  • Events from the year 1794 in Ireland. Monarch: George III 1 January – Lagan Canal opened throughout from Belfast to Lough Neagh. 4 May – Dublin Society...
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    station on the Lagan Navigation, as it was one of the last sizeable settlements before the canal entered Lough Neagh. While the canal operated, trade...
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    connects with National cycle routes 93 and 99. It runs south along the River Lagan to the Island Arts Centre in Lisburn. After leaving Lisburn it runs west...
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    vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones in a new group named Faces with Wood now primarily on lead...
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