Kinawley or Kinawly () is a small village,

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

(of 187 acres) and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

straddling

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

and

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

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. The village and townland are both in the civil parish of Kinawley (founded by Natalis of Ulster) in the historic

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Clanawley Clanawley () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by three other baronies: Magheraboy to the north; Tirkennedy and Knockninny to the east. It also borders three baronies in th ...

, while other areas of the parish are in the baronies of

Knockninny Knockninny () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Clanawley to the north-west; Tirkennedy to the north; Magherastephana to the nort ...

in County Fermanagh and

Tullyhaw Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Locate ...

. In th
2011 Census
it had a population of 141 people. Kinawley has been twinned with the German Village of Ammerndorf a municipality in the district of Fürth within Bavaria in Germany since 2008 following the county of Fermanagh's "Green and Green alike" campaign assigning each village and town land with a similar counterpart to follow the example of an environmentally friendly living manner.

Tullyhaw

The part of Kinawley lying in the barony of Tullyhaw comprises the following townlands:

Aghaboy (Kinawley) Aghaboy (Irish derived place name, ''Achadh Buí'', meaning ‘The Yellow Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Aghaboy is bounded on the north by Monydoo (or Tonycrom) tow ...

;

Aghakinnigh Aghakinnigh (Irish derived place name, ''Achadh an Chinn Eich'', meaning 'The Field of the Horse’s Head') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. A sub-division is called ''Mullach Bán'' (Iris ...

;

Aghnacally Aghnacally (Irish derived place name, either ''Achadh na Caillí'', meaning 'The Field of the Hag’ or ''Ucht na Caillí'', meaning 'The Hill of the Hag’ or ''Ucht na Choillidh'', meaning 'The Hill of the Wood’) is a townland in the civil ...

;

Altbrean Altbrean (Irish derived place name ''Alt Bréan'', meaning the 'Smelly Gorge’, so-called because of the decayed vegetation in the swamp at the bottom of the slope) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, ...

;

Alteen Alteen (Irish derived place name ''Ailtín'', meaning ‘The Small Ravine’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The local pronunciation is ''IL-Keen''. A sub-division is called ''Tullynahuns ...

;

Binkeeragh Binkeeragh (Irish derived place name, either ''Binn Chaorach'', meaning ‘The Mountain Peak of the Sheep’ or ''Minkeeragh'', meaning ‘The Mountain Pasture of the Sheep’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, Cou ...

;

Borim (Kinawley) Borim (Irish derived place name, ''Bó Dhroim'', meaning "The Ridge of the Cow") is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. A sub-division is called ''The Knocken'' (Irish derived place name, ''Cno ...

;

Cloghoge Cloghoge (Irish derived place name, ''Clochóg'', meaning ‘Stony Place’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Cloghoge is bounded on the north by Drumcullion townland in Co. F ...

;

Commas (Kinawley) Commas (Irish derived place name ''Cam Eas'', meaning either ‘The Bend in the River’ or ‘The Crooked Stream’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Sub-divisions of the townland are- (a) ...

;

Cornagran (Kinawley) Cornagran (Irish derived place name, ''Corr na gCrann'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Trees’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Cornagran is bounded on the north by Stump ...

; Cornalon;

Corranearty Corranearty (Irish derived place name, either ''Corr an Iarta'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Fireplace Hob’ or ''Corr an Fhearta'', meaning ‘The Round Hill of the Grave’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyh ...

; Cullion (Kinawley); Derryrealt; Drumbar (Kinawley); Drumboory;

Drumbrughas Drumbrughas (Irish derived place name, ''Droim Brughais'', meaning the ‘Hill-Ridge of the Fort’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumbrughas is bounded on the north by Gort ...

;

Drumcanon (Kinawley) Drumcanon (Irish derived place name, either ''Droim Ceannann'', meaning 'The White-Topped Ridge' or ''Droim Ceann-Fhine, meaning 'The Ridge of the Spotted Cow'' or ''Droim Ceann Fhionn'', meaning 'The Speckled Ridge') is a townland in the civil pa ...

; Drumcar (Kinawley);

Drumcask Drumcask (Irish derived place name ''Droim Cásca'', meaning the ‘Ridge of Easter’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is close to the site of a medieval church in Killaghaduff townland ...

;

Drumconra (or Lowforge) Drumconra (Irish derived place name, either ''Droim Conradh'', meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Contract’ or ''Droim Conra'', meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge belonging to Conra’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, C ...

; Drumcullion; Drumersee;

Drumod Glebe Drumod Glebe (Irish and English derived place name, ''Droim Fhada'', meaning the 'Long Hill-Ridge' and Glebe meaning 'Land for the Upkeep of the Church of Ireland Rector') is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, ...

;

Dunglave Dunglave (Irish derived place name, either ''Dún gClaíomh'', meaning 'The Fort of the Sword' or ''Dún gCliabh'', meaning 'The Fort of the Creel' or ''Dún Mhig Laithimh'', meaning 'The Fort of McGlave') is a townland in the civil parish of Kin ...

;

Dunmakeever Dunmakeever is a townland in the Civil Parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic Parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Dún Mhic Íomhair" which mean ...

;

Eshveagh Eshveagh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Ais Bheathach’, meaning ''The Marsh of the Birches'', or ‘Éis Bheathach’, meaning ''The Hill of the Birches'', or ‘Eas Bheathach’, meaning ''The Waterfall of the Birches'' is a townl ...

;

Finaghoo Finaghoo (Irish derived place name ''Fionn Achadh'', meaning 'The White Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Finaghoo is bounded on the west by Gub (Kinawley) and Moherre ...

;

Furnaceland Furnaceland (English derived place name, meaning "field where the iron was smelted in the furnace") is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The original Irish place name was Maghernavinagh, which ...

;

Gortacashel Gortacashel (Irish derived place name, ''Gort an Chaisil'', meaning ‘The Field of the Stone Fort’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gortacashel is bounded on the north by ...

;

Gorteen (Kinawley) Gorteen (Irish derived place name ''Goirtín'', meaning ‘Little Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gorteen is bounded on the north by Furnaceland townland, on the sout ...

; Gorteennaglogh;

Gortlaunaght Gortlaunaght (Irish derived place name ''Gort Leamhnachta'', meaning the ‘Field of the Fresh Milk’) is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Geog ...

; Gortnaderrylea;

Gortnaleg Gortnaleg (Irish derived place name ''Gort na Lag'', meaning 'The Field of the Hollows') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gortnaleg is bounded on the north by Tircahan townland ...

;

Gub (Kinawley) Gub (Irish derived place name ''Gob'', meaning 'The Headland') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. The townland is also called 'Gub Wallace' (after the Wallace family that lived there) to d ...

; Gubnafarna; Gubrawully; Gubrimmaddera;

Hawkswood Hawkswood (English derived place name. The earliest known spelling is ''Hawswood'', meaning ''The Wood of the Hawthorns'' but the name seems to have been later corrupted to Hawkswood) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tull ...

;

Killaghaduff Killaghaduff (Irish derived place name, either ''Cill Átha Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Church of the Black Ford’ or ''Coill Achadh Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Wood of the Black Ford’ or ''Cill Achadh Dhuibh'', meaning ‘The Church of the Black F ...

; Knockranny;

Knockroe (Kinawley) Knockroe (Irish derived place name ''Cnoc Rua'', meaning ‘The Red Hill’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Knockroe is bounded on the north by Gubnafarna townland, on the w ...

;

Legavreagra Legavreagra (Irish derived place name, ''Lag na bhFreagra'', meaning 'The Hollow of the Echoes') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Legavreagra is bounded on the west by Aghakinn ...

;

Monydoo (or Tonycrom) Monydoo (Irish derived place name, either ''Moinín Dhubh'', meaning ‘The Little Black Bog’ or ''Muine Dhubh'', meaning ‘The Black Shrubbery’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is ...

; Newtown (Kinawley);

Sralahan (Kinawley) Sralahan (Irish derived place name ''Srath Leathan'', meaning ‘The Broad River-Meadow') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Sralahan is bounded on the north by Knockroe (Kinaw ...

; Tircahan;

Tonanilt Tonanilt, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Toin an Ailt’ meaning ''The Bottom of the Gorge'', is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinawley, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic ...

;

Tonyquin Tonyquin (Irish derived place name, either ''Tonnaí Choinn'', meaning 'The Marsh of Conn' or ''Tamnach Choinn'', meaning 'The Pasture of Conn' or ''Tonnaí Uí Choinn'', meaning 'The Marsh of O'Quinn' or ''Tamnach Uí Choinn'', meaning 'The Pas ...

;

Tullycrafton Tullycrafton, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh Crofton’ meaning ''The Hill of the Crofton Family'', is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony ...

; Tullydermot;

Uragh (Kinawley) Uragh (Irish derived place name, either ''Iubhrach'', meaning ‘The Land of the Yew Trees’, or ''Úr Achadh'', meaning ‘The Fresh Field’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geograph ...

Churches

Ruins Church of Naile, Kinawley, Fermanagh

St Naile's Church in the Parish of Kinawley, in the Diocese of Kilmore, was built between the years 1867–1876 near a site that was used for worship from the 6th century. It was rededicated on 4 August 2002. The church is dedicated to Saint Náile (alias Saint Natalis), a contemporary of Saint

Colmcille Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

. St Naile became the second Abbott on Devinish, which was one of the great monastic settlements during the Golden Age of Christianity in Ireland. According to the 'Life of Saint Naile', the original Christian church of Kinawley parish was in

townland,

Swanlinbar Swanlinbar () is a small village on the N87 national secondary road in north-west County Cavan, Ireland, close to the Cladagh river and near the Fermanagh border. The village is situated in the townlands of Furnaceland and Hawkswood, in the ci ...

village, and was founded by St. Ternoc. The Life states that Naile arranged a meeting with Saint Mogue (

Máedóc of Ferns Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan ( ga, Áedan; cy, Aeddan; la, Aidanus and '), or Saint Mogue ( ga, Mo Aodh Óg), was an Irish saint who was the first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford and the fo ...

) at ''Cluain Caomh'', which was the old name for Hawkswood. While he was waiting for Mogue to turn up, he asked St. Ternoc for a drink of water but was refused. Naile in anger hurled his staff three ploughlands (six tates or townlands) and where it landed a spring gushed forth and he founded his church there, where now stands the church of Kinawley and Naile's Holy Well. Oddly enough there are indeed six townlands between Hawkswood and Lismonaghan townland, Kinawley village, where St. Naile's church is situated today. The Life of Naile was composed c. 1520 from earlier sources and is probably a reflection of what originally happened, i.e. Hawkswood church was on the boundary between Tullyhaw or Magh Slécht (where Mogue was the patron saint) and Fermanagh. The

Airgíalla Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...

were moving into the area and then took the overlordship of the church occupied by Ternoc and gave it to their own priests.

Transport

Ulsterbus Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink, the brand name for the subsidiary operating companies of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, which also ...

route 58 from

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

Belturbet Belturbet (; ) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around north of Cavan town and from Dublin. It is also located around south of the border with Northern Ireland, between the counties of Cavan and Fermanagh, and fr ...

serves Kinawley several times a day Mondays to Saturdays. The

Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...

Dublin Airport Dublin Airport (Irish language, Irish: ''Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath'') is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland. It is operated by DAA (Irish company), DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority). The airport is located in Collinsto ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

Bus Éireann Bus Éireann (; "Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus. It is a subsidia ...

''Expressway'' route 30 serves

Derrylin Derrylin ( or "Oakgrove of the blackbirds") is a village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the A509 road (Northern Ireland), A509 road between Enniskillen and the border with County Cavan (the N3 road (Ireland), N3 ro ...

which is approximately 7 km distant. There is a coach in each direction every two hours during the day as well as an overnight journey. Services operate daily including Sundays.

People

John Carron John Carron (1909–1998) was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Carron was born in Kinawley, County Fermanagh in 1909. He became a farmer and a publican before becoming a founder member and Vice-Chairman of the Irish Anti-Partition Le ...

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

politician *

Owen Carron Owen Gerard Carron (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish republican activist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to 1983. Early life Carron was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He qualified as a teach ...

, activist and politician, from Kinawley * Father Seán McManus, Irish National Caucus president

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