placenamesFahan Lower
Fathain Íochtarach
Lewis recorded a small artillery detachment at the point he called Neids’ Point.
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
- Fathain Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Fahan Lower · English · main form
Place & story
Coastal defence in the parish account
At Neids’ Point in Lower Fahan, Samuel Lewis recorded a battery erected in 1812. His 1837 account placed it under a master-gunner with five artillerymen. He separately noted a coastguard station at Ballinary, distinguishing the two establishments along Lough Swilly. The lough offered anchorage for large ships as well as fisheries for oysters, cod and haddock, placing the battery within a busy maritime setting rather than an isolated inland military site. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Inishowen West
- Coordinates
- 55.15146, -7.39719
- Mapped area
- 113.74 km²
- Logainm ID
- 786 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Fahan Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Fahan Lower: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-30. How this page was prepared.