placenames1901 census
41People recorded
8Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Parke 16
- Gilgan 13
- Durnin 7
- Gilligan 4
- Carter 1
Fenagh
Fíonach
This north Leitrim townland is listed in Glenade electoral division and Rosclogher barony.
Recorded locationFenagh54.32788° N · 8.25905° 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
Thirty-four inhabitants
Fenagh had thirty-four inhabitants in 1911, seventeen male and seventeen female, in eight houses, all occupied. The population had been forty-nine in 1891 and forty-one in 1901, with seven and eight houses respectively. The return places the townland in Killasnet parish, Rosclogher barony and Glenade electoral division, within Lurganboy dispensary district and Manorhamilton Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 396 acres and nine perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Rosclogher
- Civil parish
- Killasnet
- Within
- Glenade
- Coordinates
- 54.32788, -8.25905
- Mapped area
- 1.61 km²
- Logainm ID
- 29733 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
34People recorded
8Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gilgan 14
- Parke 9
- Durnin 5
- Parkes 4
- McGowan 2
1926 census
30People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gilligan 12
- Parkes 7
- Durneen 6
- Eames 2
- McGowan 2
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Leitrim, Table VII, printed page 27 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London; printed by The Athlone Printing Works Company Ltd, 1912
- 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.