Fahan
Fahan
Fathain Mura | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Fahan from Inch Top | |
  Fahan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:55°05′20″N7°28′42″W/ 55.089008°N 7.478457°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Population | |
| • Total | 588 |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
Fahan(/fɔːn/;Irish:Fathain Mura,meaning 'little green/field of Mura') is a district ofInishowenin the north ofCounty Donegal,Ireland,located 5 km (3 miles) south ofBuncrana.In Irish, Fahan is named after itspatron saint,Saint Mura,firstabbotof Fahan, an early Christianmonastery.
History
[edit]The walled graveyard, located west of therectory,contains the grave of pioneeringnurseAgnes Jones,the ruins of a 6th-century monastery featuring a 7th-century cross-slab of St. Mura, and the ruins of a 16th-century monastery and 17th-century church together with a number of grave slabs bearing coats of arms. The monastery and village were sacked byVikingsin the 10th and 13th centuries. Medieval mill wheels are built into both the graveyard wall and the wall on the opposite side of the road.
Cecil Frances Alexanderlived in the old rectory in the late 19th century. Her contemporary, Agnes Jones, trained withFlorence Nightingaleand served as a nurse in theCrimean War.Agnes Jones was born in Cambridge, England.[2]Edward Maginn,a 19th-century bishop, served as a parish priest in Fahan. The church to the north of the rectory contains an early 20th-century stained-glass window by Evie Hone which depictsSt. Elizabeth of Hungary.[3]
Transport
[edit]Fahan railway station,which opened on 9 September 1864, closed for passenger traffic on 6 September 1948. It finally ceased operation on 10 August 1953.[4]
Fahan is served by the McGonagle Bus Company, with a stop on the route betweenBuncranaand Derry.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- W. G. S. Adams,political scientist and public servant
- William Alexander,Primate of All Ireland
- Andrew Barnard,British army general
- Paul Colton,Church of Ireland's Bishop of Cork
- George Downame,Bishop of Derry and writer on philosophical and religious subjects
- George Finlay,priest who served asArchdeacon of Clogher
- Niall Frossach,King of Ailech
- Agnes Jones,nurse
- Johnny McCauley,singer-songwriter
- Saint Mura
- Máel Muire Othain,poet
- Andrew Simpson,actor
- St Clair Thomson,surgeon
Gallery
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St. Mura Cross Slab from the 7th century -
Old church from the 17th century -
St Mura's Church -
Fahan beach
References
[edit]- ^"Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Fahan".Central Statistics Office (Ireland).Retrieved9 June2018.
- ^Fahan Presbyterian Church
- ^"Fahan / Fathain".dun-na-ngall /.2006. Archived fromthe originalon 15 June 2006.Retrieved9 August2006.
- ^"Fahan station"(PDF).Railscot - Irish Railways.Retrieved13 October2007.
- ^McGonagle Bus Company Route 956 timetable.
See also
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