Ballykelly (Baile Uí Cheallaigh) is a village 3 miles west of Limavady and contains some of the most interesting buildings erected in Ulster by the Plantation companies. More can be found about the Plantation companies here: http://freespace.virgin.net/mp.hearth/Fishmongers.html
Between Limavady and Ballykelly is the Rough Fort, a prehistoric earthwork fort in the care of the National Trust. More information on the Rough Fort is here: http://www.ntni.org.uk/places/placestovisit.cfm?id=42.
Nearby is Sampson's Tower, a fortified structure built by public subscription in memory of Arthur Sampson who for 40 years was an agent of the London Fishmonger's Company.
McGeough lived in the townland of Drummacavoy (Drumcavoy), which is number 30 on the map published on the internet under the title Townland Boundaries in Roman Catholic Parish of Inishkeen, County Monaghan.
The partly overlapping civil parish is called Inishkeen.) Also mentioned in the story is the townland of Kiltybegs, number 47 on the same map; Ballakelly (Ballykelly), number 5; and Drumcattan (Drumcatton), number 24.
A man named Geough Mor was out drilling one night at Ballykelly and he lived at Drumcavoy in a place called Glan.
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