Information about Fohanagh

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Fohanagh
Irish Form of Name:
Fóthanach
Translation:
abounding in thistles
Civil Parish:
Fohanagh
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Fohanagh
Glebe of Fohanagh
Glebe of Fohanagh By. Sketch Map
Glebe of Fohanna or Fohena Hartley Hodson, Esq.
Glebe of Fohanagh Manus Ward, Esq.
Glebe of Fohanagh Rev. Joseph Seymore
Glebe of Foheny Thomas Bermingham, Esq.
Foinagh Walter McDonagh, Esq.
Description:
This townland contains a. r. p. There is about ½ an acre of a grave yard, the remainder under cultivation of good quality. It belongs to the Rev. Mr. Collis – pays £9. 2. 6. County Cess.
Situation:
Is situated in the West of this parish in the barony of Kilconnel, is bounded by Fohanagh and Lower Cloonlaiva Townlands in said barony.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Fohanagh is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.
Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.
You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Fohanagh
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Population and Census Information

People who lived here:
You can retrieve a list of people who lived in this townland from 1827 to 1911. This list is compiled from the following resources.
  • The Tithe Applotment Books
  • Griffith's Valuation
  • 1901 Census
  • 1911 Census
List of nineteenth century and early twentieth century inhabitants of this townland.
Church records of births, deaths and marriages:
Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)
Fohanagh is in the civil parish of Fohanagh.
Roman Catholic parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.
  • Fohenagh & Kilgerrill
Church of Ireland parishes:
This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.
  • Fohanagh
In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.
If you notice any inaccuracies with any of the above, please e-mail us.
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