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Fennagh

Fionnmhach

An early nineteenth-century milestone preserves four destinations on its two faces.

Recorded locationFennagh52.71635° N · 6.84807° 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

  • Fionnmhach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Fennagh · English · main form
  • Fenagh · English · main form · local name

Place & story

The milestone’s two faces

The architectural inventory dates Fennagh’s carved granite milestone to about 1800. One face gives directions towards Myshall and Newtownbarry; the reverse points towards Bagenalstown and Royal Oak. The paired inscriptions preserve the place names used to guide travellers through this small road junction. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Carlow
Civil parish
Fennagh
Coordinates
52.71635, -6.84807
Mapped area
0.11 km²
Logainm ID
3285 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

3People recorded
2Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Lawler 2
  • Nixon 1
Explore the 1901 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Fennagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Fennagh milestone, NIAH 10301641 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  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.