An Fheochanach/Foffanagh

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Hierarchy

townland

An Fheochanach

genitive: an Fheochanaí

non-validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Foffanagh

(English)

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Other names

Feochanach Chionn an Ghabha

historical name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thiar/Inishowen West

civil parish

Fathain Íochtarach/Fahan Lower

electoral division

Na hUillí/Illies

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the windy place?

Ainm Stairiúil: Feochanach Chionn an Ghabha the windy place of Cionn an Ghabha?
Cionn an Ghabha — ainm baile fearainn in aice láimhe
English

the windy place?

Historical Name: Feochanach Chionn an Ghabha the windy place of Cionn an Ghabha?
Cionn an Ghabha — the name of a nearby townland

Centrepoint

55.1564, -7.39079latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1621	Foughanakynagowa	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1625	Foughanakinagowa	Inq. Ult. 1 CI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1659	Fefenagh	Cen. Leathanach: 64 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1661	Hafana kinegow	Chic. Map Lord Chichester's Map of the Inishowen peninsula
1665	Fafonagh	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1669	Toughanakinnagowa	Chic. Pat. Leathanach: 136 'confirmation of the Chichester Patents enrolled 1669', in R. M. Young, Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its vicinity (Belfast, 1896) lgh. 127-138.
1761	Feoghanakinagowa Moughkinuagowa [? Deireadh éiginnte, imeall leathanaigh] Feoghanakinagowa Connackinagowa and Fillaskee other wise Ardagh Kinagowa otherwise Ardikinnagowa	CGn. 268.199.169616 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1767-1770	Foffenagh	Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/102 Plans of the Earl of Donegall's estates in the barony of Inishowen, Co. Donegal, surveyed and measured by James Crow. 1767-1770 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D835/1/1
1777	Foffonagh Kinnegoe	Shaftesbury Leases D652/340: Lease for 3 lives or 41 years. Rent £75. Earl of Donegall to Thomas Grey, Belfast. 869acres 3roods 20perches Ballymagan, Fahan Parish, Co. Donegal, (with plan). Leases and Papers relating to the Estates of the Donegall Family in Counties Donegal, Antrim and Down 1617-1932 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D652
1830	Foffenagh	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Fuachanach, Fochanach, Fothanach 'Abounding in thistles' ['Fothanach' scríofa aige, le 'ch' scríofa os chionn an 'th', gan an 'th' a bheith scriosta.]	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1830c	Fofonagh	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1835	Foffinagh	Finné:AL Revd. Mr Hawkshaw Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.

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