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'''Donagh''' (pronounced doʊnə/ DOH-nə, from Irish 'Domhnach', meaning 'church')<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 Placenames NI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602135551/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 |date=June 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/59572 |title=Donagh |work=logainm.ie}}</ref> is a small [[Category:village]] and [[Category: | '''Donagh''' (pronounced doʊnə/ DOH-nə, from Irish 'Domhnach', meaning 'church')<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 Placenames NI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602135551/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 |date=June 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/59572 |title=Donagh |work=logainm.ie}}</ref> is a small [[Category:Village|village]] and [[Category:Townland|Townland]] in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It lies between [[Lisnaskea]] and [[Newtownbutler]] in the south-east of the county. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] it had a population of 255.<ref>[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]</ref> It is situated within [[Fermanagh and Omagh]] district. | ||
There is another townland called Donagh in County Fermanagh, as well as one in [[County Monaghan]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. | There is another townland called Donagh in County Fermanagh, as well as one in [[County Monaghan]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. | ||
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Donagh (pronounced doʊnə/ DOH-nə, from Irish 'Domhnach', meaning 'church')[1][2] is a small and in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler in the south-east of the county. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 255.[3] It is situated within Fermanagh and Omagh district.
There is another townland called Donagh in County Fermanagh, as well as one in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
Donagh was originally known in Irish as Ua Dúnáin Dhomhnaigh Maighe da Claoíne do Mharbhad (meaning 'O'Doonan's Church of the Plain of the Two Slopes'), later known in Irish as Domhnach Maighe Dhá Chlaoine (meaning 'Church of the Plain of the Two Slopes').[4] It was originally anglicised as 'Donoghmoychinny' or 'Donaghmoyline'. It was later anglicised simply as Donagh.
Features
The village features two protected sites: one is Donagh House, a listed building, the other an ancient ecclesiastical site featuring a ruined church and a graveyard.[5]
St Patrick's is the local GAA club, and won the Fermanagh Senior Football Championship in 2008.[6]
References
- ↑ Placenames NI {{#invoke:webarchive|webarchive}}
- ↑ "Donagh". logainm.ie. http://www.logainm.ie/en/59572.
- ↑ NI Neighbourhood Information Service
- ↑ Brian G. Scott (General Editor), Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh, An Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh: Volume I, Part 1 - The Prehistoric Period, p. 39. Northern Ireland Environment Agency (N.I.E.A.), Belfast, and Colourpoint Books, Newtownards, 2014.
- ↑ "Fermanagh Area Plan 2007 – Proposals: Donagh". Northern Ireland Planning Service. http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/dev_plans/devplans_az/fermanagh_2007/fermanagh_/fermanagh_villages/fermanagh_donagh.htm.
- ↑ {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=news }}