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Townland

Fenagh

Fíonach

This north Leitrim townland belongs to Belhavel electoral division, separate from the Fenagh associated with Saint Caillín.

Recorded locationFenagh54.22996° N · 8.23071° 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

  • Fíonach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Fenagh · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-five inhabitants

Fenagh had twenty-five inhabitants in 1911, eleven male and fourteen female, in five houses, all occupied. Its population had been twenty-two in 1891 and seventeen in 1901, with five houses at both censuses. The table places the townland in Killarga parish, Drumahaire barony and dispensary district, Belhavel electoral division and Manorhamilton Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 120 acres, two roods and twenty-seven perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Leitrim
Civil parish
Killarga
Within
Belhavel
Coordinates
54.22996, -8.23071
Mapped area
0.49 km²
Logainm ID
29570 ↗

People & family history

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

1926 census

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Fenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Leitrim, Table VII, printed pages 20–21 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London; printed by The Athlone Printing Works Company Ltd, 1912
  3. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.