Donagh

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Donagh (pronounced doʊnə/ DOH-nə, from Irish 'Domhnach', meaning 'church')[1][2] is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh. It lies between Lisnaskea and Newtownbutler in the south-east of the county. 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.

Etymology

  • 1507 - Ua Dúnáin Dhomhnaigh Maighe Da Claoíne do mharbhad
  • 1508 - tempall Patraicc do losccadh
  • 1608 - Donoghmoychinny cont. dim. tate
  • 1609 - chapel of ease of Donoghmoycline (Drumulchy parish)
  • 1662 - Donagh
  • 1773 - Donaghmoyglin
  • 1777 - Donough
  • 1834 - Dómhnach "Sunday or church built on Sunday"
  • 1869 - Domhnach
  • 2002 - Domhnach "(early) church"

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').[3] It was originally anglicised as 'Donoghmoychinny' or 'Donaghmoyline'. It was later anglicised simply as Donagh.

1830's Map

2001 Census

In the 2001 Census it had a population of 255.[4]

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

  1. Placenames NI {{#invoke:webarchive|webarchive}}
  2. "Donagh". logainm.ie. http://www.logainm.ie/en/59572. 
  3. 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.
  4. NI Neighbourhood Information Service
  5. "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. 
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