Fennagh, County Carlow
Fennagh, local name Fenagh (Irish: Fionnmhach),[1] is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. 15 km south of Carlow town, it lies on the R724 road between Bagenalstown (Muine Bheag) and Myshall. The nearest town is Bagenalstown, 7.5 km to the west.
Amenities
[edit]Fenagh village contains two public houses, The Hunter's Rest or "Joe's" and Kearney's, two shops, The Black Cat and Kearney's, a church, a community hall, and a creche.[citation needed]
Sport
[edit]The local Gaelic football club, Fenagh GAA (Fiodhnach CLG in Irish) has teams from under 8s up to Senior level. The club, nicknamed the "Moll Bennetts",[2] has won four Carlow Intermediate Football Championships and plays at J.J. Hogan Memorial Park.[3]
People
[edit]- Richie Kavanagh - entertainer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fionnmhach/Fennagh". logainm.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Keegan, Charlie (2 September 2016). "Cocks make light work of out-of-sorts Fenagh". The Nationalist. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Fenagh | Carlow GAA". Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
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