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Finny

Fionnaithe

The lakeside Mayo townland is listed in Ross parish and Owenbrin electoral division.

Recorded locationFinny53.56982° N · 9.48560° 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

  • Fionnaithe · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Finny · English · main form

Place & story

Five inhabitants in 1901

Finny had five inhabitants in 1901, two male and three female, in one occupied house. The population had been eleven in 1881 and nine in 1891, with two and three houses respectively. The table places the townland in Ross parish and barony, Owenbrin electoral division, Cappaghduff dispensary district and Ballinrobe Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 281 acres, one rood and twenty-four perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Mayo
Barony
Ross
Civil parish
Ross
Coordinates
53.56982, -9.48560
Mapped area
1.16 km²
Logainm ID
35173 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Finny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, Table VII, printed page 23 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
  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.