placenamesShanahoe
Seanchua
The village school records its own changing buildings and a recent community history project.
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
- Seanchua · Irish · main form · validated name
- Shanahoe · English · main form
Place & story
The village classrooms
Scoil Fionntáin Naofa was built in 1948–49 by local contractor Martin Breen and officially opened on 25 September 1949. Its original layout had three classrooms beside a long corridor, with outdoor toilets and play shelters. Classroom extensions in 2004 and 2020 replaced the shelters at opposite ends of the building. [2]
Tracing the past
During 2021–22, Shanahoe pupils interviewed community members and people with earlier connections to the area. Their work became the book Tracing Our Past: Scoil Fionntáin Naofa, Shanahoe, launched in December 2022 by former principal David Brickley. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Laois
- Barony
- Maryborough West
- Civil parish
- Clonenagh and Clonagheen
- Within
- Shanahoe
- Coordinates
- 52.92346, -7.42007 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413863 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Shanahoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of Our School · Scoil Fionntáin Naofa, Shanahoe
- Local History and Heritage · Scoil Fionntáin Naofa, Shanahoe
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.