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Garrison

An Garastún

A nineteenth-century chapel and the work of Devenish St Mary’s mark different chapters in Garrison’s communal life.

Recorded locationGarrison54.41375° N · 8.08617° 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 Garastún · Irish · main form
  • Garrison · English · main form

Place & story

The chapel of ease

Samuel Lewis dates the construction of Garrison’s Church of Ireland chapel to 1828, supported by a £900 gift from the Board of First Fruits. A curate served it as an additional place of worship within Devenish parish; the main parish church stood at Monea. [2]

People & connections

Recording the club’s past

Devenish St Mary’s, founded in 1917, plays at Saint Mary’s Park in Garrison. Club official Seán Treacy helped compile its centenary history from photographs, match reports and committee records. He credited a wider group of contributors rather than claiming the project as his alone. [3] [4] [5]

People & connections

Service recognised in 2019

The GAA’s 2019 Ulster President’s Award recognised Treacy’s playing and administrative service. He had become club public relations officer in 1977, aged fourteen, and later served seventeen years as secretary. The citation also acknowledged his role in establishing women’s football in Fermanagh, including chairing the 1993 meeting which elected its first county officers. [6]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Fermanagh
Civil parish
Devenish
Coordinates
54.41375, -8.08617
Mapped area
1.33 km²
Logainm ID
1166155 ↗

People & family history

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

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 — Garrison. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Devenish parish, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
  3. Devenish St Mary’s official club website: founded 1917 · Devenish St Mary’s GAA
  4. Devenish St Mary’s: Saint Mary’s Park, Garrison · Fermanagh GAA
  5. Well done to Sean Treacy, March 2019 · Fermanagh GAA
  6. GAA President’s Awards 2019, 8 March 2019 · Gaelic Athletic Association
  7. 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.