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Coa

An Cuach

The football coach’s connection with Coa is a family and childhood association; his club biography gives London as his birthplace.

Recorded locationCoa54.40348° N · 7.56789° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • An Cuach · Irish · main form
  • Coa · English · main form

Place & story

People & connections

A home in Coa

Declan Bogue’s 2024 account of Kieran McKenna’s family places the family home in Coa, outside Enniskillen. McKenna’s parents developed the Manor House hotel at Killadeas, a separate locality. Ipswich Town’s biography distinguishes his London birth from his upbringing in County Fermanagh. This is a connection through residence and family life, rather than evidence that he was born in Coa. [2] [3]

People & connections

From school sport to coaching

Interviewed by Bogue, McKenna’s former school coach Mark Henry recalled his ability to read Gaelic football matches at Saint Michael’s, Enniskillen, before he left for Tottenham. A hip injury ended his playing career in 2009. Coaching took him through Tottenham and Manchester United to Ipswich, which appointed him manager in December 2021. He subsequently led Ipswich to successive promotions, reaching the Premier League in 2024. [2] [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Fermanagh
Civil parish
Magheracross
Coordinates
54.40348, -7.56789
Mapped area
1.61 km²
Logainm ID
1165934 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Coa. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Wanted by Chelsea and Brighton, the family roots of Ireland’s new star manager, May 2024 · Declan Bogue, The42; original reporting and interview with Mark Henry
  3. Kieran McKenna — club biography · Ipswich Town Football Club
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.