Fintown
Fintown (officially known by its Irish name, Baile na Finne[1]) 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, the Fintown Railway (Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway), which runs along the length of Lough Finn.[2] The village was named after a mythological woman, Fionngheal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.[3]
Fintown Baile na Finne | |
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Village | |
  Fintown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°52′14″N 8°06′48″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| 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. | |
Irish language
There are 296 people in Fintown and 59% are Irish speakers.
Gallery
On entering the village
The Railway Inn
The Fintown Railway at Fintown station
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See also
- List of populated places in Ireland
- Fintown railway station
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
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2013-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) County Donegal on the Net
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