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Feenagh

Fíonach

This small Clare townland belongs to Upper Bunratty, separate from the parish called Feenagh near Sixmilebridge.

Recorded locationFeenagh52.86428° N · 8.85989° 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
  • Feenagh · English · main form

Place & story

Twelve inhabitants in one house

Feenagh had twelve inhabitants in 1901, nine male and three female, in one occupied house. The population had been ten in 1881 and twelve in 1891, also in one house. The table places the townland in Clooney parish and electoral division, Upper Bunratty barony, Quin dispensary district and Tulla Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was fifty-two acres, three roods and thirty-two perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Clare
Civil parish
Clooney
Coordinates
52.86428, -8.85989
Mapped area
0.21 km²
Logainm ID
7813 ↗

People & family history

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

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Feenagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Clare, Table VII, printed page 67 · Census Commissioners, Ireland, 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 2021-11-01. How this page was prepared.