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Feenagh

Fíonach

An 1837 account records livestock fairs, landed residences and a small parish school.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of The surviving tower of Rossmanagher Castle, County Clare, as photographed in November 2006.
Illustration, The surviving tower of Rossmanagher Castle, County Clare, as photographed in November 2006
Recorded locationFeenagh52.72460° N · 8.80585° 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
  • Feenagh · English · main form

Place & story

Sheep and pigs at Rossmanagher

Samuel Lewis described Feenagh under the spelling Finogh in 1837. Situated northwest of Sixmilebridge on the Ennis road, the parish had good agricultural land, chiefly cultivated for crops. Rossmanagher held five annual fairs, in January, May, June, September and October, principally trading sheep and pigs. [2]

People & connections

Residences around the parish

Lewis identified Rossmanagher as the residence of Lieutenant-Colonel William O'Brien. His other named seats were Deer Park, occupied by E. Mansell; Springfield, associated with F. Morice; and Streamstown, occupied by E. Wilson. Alongside these inhabited properties, he noted the surviving ruins of an older castle at Rossmanagher. [2]

School and burial ground

The parish's Catholic congregation belonged to the Sixmilebridge district. About thirty children attended a school supervised by the parish priest. Lewis also recorded the old church standing in ruins within its burial ground. In the Church of Ireland arrangements, the rectory belonged to the Tomfinlough union and the vicarage to Kilfinaghty. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Civil parish
County
Clare
Coordinates
52.72460, -8.80585
Mapped area
11.6 km²
Logainm ID
422 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Feenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Finogh, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
  3. The surviving tower of Rossmanagher Castle, County Clare, as photographed in November 2006 illustration: based on a Rossmanagher Castle by Liam. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-11-01. How this page was prepared.