Dunseverick () is a hamlet near the

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County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

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. The name is also the alias for the townland of Feigh.Place Names NI
- Dunseverick (use Map Search for location) It is most notable for Dunseverick Castle. One of the five great highways, or ''slighe'' of ancient Ireland, Slige Midluachra, had its terminal point at Dunseverick, running from here to

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and further to royal Tara and the fording point on the Liffey at what is now

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. The hamlet of Dunseverick itself lies in the adjacent townland of Currysheskin.

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