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The Ardboe Cross. Located 7 km east of Coagh, Co. Tyrone, on the shore of Lough Neagh stands Northern Ireland's best example of a 10th century sculptured cross. The cross is 5.6m tall and the arms span over 1m. The cross is represented on the Devlin coat of arms. The area around Ardboe, also known as Muintirevlin, is derived from the Irish Muintir Doibhlin meaning "the people of Devlin", or the land where the O'Devlin lived. It seems fairly certain that at some time in the middle of the 11th century, the ancestors of the Devlins first occupied the territory later known as Muinterevlin. The ancestors of the O Devlins in earlier times occupied Drumleene, which is just north of Lifford.
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