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'''Baile na Finne'''<ref>http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf |
'''Baile na Finne'''<ref>http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf |
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Irish Placenames Order 2004</ref> ([[English language|English]] name: '''Fintown''') is a small [[village]] and [[townland]] on the banks of [[Lough Finn]] in [[County Donegal]], [[Ireland]]. It is within the [[Gaeltacht]], an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is ''an Mhuc Dhubh'', Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway, the Cumann Traenach na Gaeltachta Láir, which runs along the length of Lough Finn.<ref>http://www.antraen.com/index.php Fintown Railway website</ref> The village was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save |
Irish Placenames Order 2004</ref> ([[English language|English]] name: '''Fintown''') is a small [[village]] and [[townland]] on the banks of [[Lough Finn]] in [[County Donegal]], [[Ireland]]. It is within the [[Gaeltacht]], an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is ''an Mhuc Dhubh'', Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway, the Cumann Traenach na Gaeltachta Láir, which runs along the length of Lough Finn.<ref>http://www.antraen.com/index.php Fintown Railway website</ref> The village was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.<ref>http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html County Donegal on the Net</ref> |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Revision as of 15:51, 12 December 2011
Baile na Finne | |
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Village | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal South West |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (upper est.) | |
| • Urban | 100 |
| • Rural | 500 |
| Baile na Finne is the only official name. The English name Fintown has no official status. | |
Baile na Finne[1] (English name: Fintown) is a small village and townland on the banks of Lough Finn in County Donegal, Ireland. It is within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is an Mhuc Dhubh, Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway, the Cumann Traenach na Gaeltachta Láir, which runs along the length of Lough Finn.[2] The village was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.[3]
Gallery
On entering the village
The railway
See also
External links
References
- ^ http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Irish Placenames Order 2004
- ^ http://www.antraen.com/index.php Fintown Railway website
- ^ http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html County Donegal on the Net
