placenames1901 census
7People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Regan 3
- Rowlette 3
- Byron 1
Fahy
An Fhaiche
The Mayo townland appears in the Paget estate’s nineteenth-century sale history.
Recorded locationFahy54.17974° N · 9.30101° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Fhaiche · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Fahy · English · main form
Place & story
An advertisement in 1853
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database records that the demesne and lands of Fahy and Ellagh, with Glendavoolagh mountain, were advertised for sale in July 1853 as the estate of Thomas and James Paget. It states that Fahy was held from the Earl of Arran. An advertisement records an intended transaction; this account does not establish that a sale was completed. [2]
Seven inhabitants in 1901
Fahy had seven inhabitants in 1901, four male and three female, in one occupied house; a second house was empty. The population had been eight in 1881 and eleven in 1891. The census places it in Kilfian parish, Tirawley barony and Kilfian East electoral division, within Killala dispensary district and Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 160 acres, two roods and thirty-four perches. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Civil parish
- Kilfian
- Within
- Kilfian East
- Coordinates
- 54.17974, -9.30101
- Mapped area
- 0.65 km²
- Logainm ID
- 34446 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
6People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Rowlette 3
- Regan 2
- Anderson 1
1926 census
11People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Naughton 8
- Rowlette 2
- Cawley 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fahy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Paget estate 218: Fahy and Ellagh sale advertisement · University of Galway, Landed Estates Database
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, Table VII, printed page 65 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
- 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.