BROWSE
sub-townland
Séipéal Shéamais Uí Fhionnachta
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Chapelfeenaghty
(English)

Other names

Chapelfinnerty
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the chapel of Séamas Ó Fionnachta
    Séamas Ó Fionnachta — ainm agus sloinne.

    Ainmnithe i ndiaidh an tsagairt a bhunaigh an séipéal ar an láthair seo sa 17ú haois, de réir traidisiúin. Is ann do chloch chinn an Athar Séamas Ó Fionnachta sa reilig ar láthair an tséipéil. Deirtear ar an gcloch chinn sin, atá scríofa i Laidin, gurb é an tAthair Séamas Ó Fionnachta (‘Orate pro anima Patris Iacobi Finaghtii…’) a bhunaigh an láthair eaglasta sin sa 17ú haois in ómós do Naomh Gobnait. Is amhlaidh gur mhair scéal an Athar Ó Fionnachta sa traidisiún béil sa cheantar chomh maith. Bhailigh daltaí bunscoile roinnt scéalta béaloidis ina thaobh do Bhailiúchán na Scol sna 1930í. Seo thíos cúpla sampla:

    Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there (0044, 0095).

    In Chapel Finnerty graveyard there is a tomb in which a priest named Father Finnerty is supposed to be buried. There is a stone on the ground beside it and water drips from the roof on it (0043, 0091).

    There is a story told about a man named Father Finnerty who made his own grave in Chapel Finnerty and when he had it finished, he died. In Chapefinerty [sic] graveyard there is a weeping stone, which is in the cave (0043, 0137).

    Finnerty an-choitianta mar bhéarlú ar Ó Fionnachta sa cheantar seo, rud a mhíníonn an mhalairt foirme áitiúil (Chapelfinnerty). (JÓG)

  • English

    the chapel of Séamas Ó Fionnachta
    Séamas Ó Fionnachta — name and surname.

    Named after the priest who, according to tradition, established the church on this site in the 17th century. Father Séamas Ó Fionnachta’s headstone can be found in the graveyard on the site of the chapel. The headstone records, in Latin, that Father Séamas Ó Fionnachta (‘Orate pro anima Patris Iacobi Finaghtii…’) founded a chapel on the site in honour of Saint Gobnait in the 17th century. Stories of Father Ó Fionnachta survived in the oral tradition, and in the 1930s, schoolchildren collected folklore relating to him for The Schools’ Folklore Collection. Below are a couple of examples:

    Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there (0044, 0095).

    In Chapel Finnerty graveyard there is a tomb in which a priest named Father Finnerty is supposed to be buried. There is a stone on the ground beside it and water drips from the roof on it (0043, 0091).

    There is a story told about a man named Father Finnerty who made his own grave in Chapel Finnerty and when he had it finished, he died. In Chapefinerty [sic] graveyard there is a weeping stone, which is in the cave (0043, 0137).

    In this region, the surname Ó Fionnachta is commonly anglicized as Finnerty, which explains the local alternative form of the name (Chapelfinnerty). (JÓG)

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Historical references

1777
Chapelfeenaghty
Chas Ffrench (from Castlefrench) to Robert Dillon (at Clonbrock). Concerning the purchase of " the small spot called Chapelfeenaghty . . . in order to build a family vault there. ."
Dillon Papers
1817
Chapelfeenarty
Larkin (Ga)
1837
Chapel Feenarty
Rec. Name:AL
1837
Chapel Feenaghty
Rec. Name:AL
1837
Chapel Feenarty
BS Sketch Map:AL
1837
This village is situated in the N. West of this parish on the townland of Lattoon in the barony of Kilconnel:
Situation:AL
Desc. Rem.:AL
1837
Is a small village containing 6 houses on road leading from Ahascragh to Ballinamore.
Desc. Rem.:AL
1837
seipeall sheumais ui fhionnachtaigh
pl OC:AL
1837
Seipel Shemais ui Fíonachtaigh 'O’Feenaghty’s chapel'; 'James Finaghty’s Chapel'
OD:AL
1838
Chapelfeenaghty
SO 6"
1933c
Chapelfeenaghty
Cassini 6”
1937/38
Chapel Finnerty
Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there.
BNS 44, 95
1976
tʃapəl ˈfinərte
Áit.

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