Cuilcagh Lowlands Trail

Heritage

Cuilcagh-Anierin Uplands SAC is one of the largest expanses of intact mountain blanket bog in Ireland. SAC are internationally important nature conservation sites designated for the presence of one or more habitats and or species of European significance.

Swanlinbar ‘An Muileann Iarainn’ in gaelic means ‘Iron Mill’ and reflects the foundation of an ironworks in the village in 1700. The name Swanlinbar derives from the name of four entrepreneurs who set up an iron foundry along the river in the early years of the 18th Century. Messrs Swift, Saunders Darling and Barry concocted the name of Swandlingbar. Gradually the D and G were dropped and by 1850 the name of Swanlinbar was the common usage though it is often referred to locally as Swad.