placenamesGlenfarne
Gleann Fearna
Brockagh Lower preserves traces of rail travel alongside a collection celebrating the dancehall years.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Gleann Fearna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glenfarne · English · main form
Place & story
The old station
Glenfarne’s former railway station retains sandstone window surrounds, sash windows, decorative bargeboards and iron door fittings. The National Inventory’s 2003 survey recorded its conversion to a house, alongside the surviving platform and corrugated-iron Customs and Excise office. These buildings preserve evidence of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. [2]
A local collection
The Rainbow Ballroom’s showband exhibition draws on a collection made available by local music organiser Gerry Finneran. Posters, photographs, vinyl records, stage costumes and radios recall dancehall entertainment. The venue also remembers Finneran as a founding member of the Glenfarne Gala. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Civil parish
- Cloonclare
- Within
- Brockagh Lower
- Coordinates
- 54.28172, -7.98465 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1166187 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenfarne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glenfarne Railway Station, Brockagh Lower — NIAH 30913004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Showband Memorabilia Exhibition · The Rainbow Ballroom of Romance
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.