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 orig ...

(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 authorit ...

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 ...

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and

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...

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

Natalis of Ulster Natalis (Saint Naile, Naal) (died 564) was a 6th-century Irish monk and saint. His father was Aenghus, who was 3rd in descent from Lughaidh, King of Munster. He died in 564. He was a spiritual student of Columba and founded monasteries throug ...

) 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 in

. 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); Aghakinnigh; Aghnacally; Altbrean; Alteen; Binkeeragh; Borim (Kinawley); Cloghoge; Commas (Kinawley); Cornagran (Kinawley);

Cornalon Cornalon (Irish derived place name ''Corr na Lon'', meaning ‘Round Hill of the Blackbirds’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Cornalon is bounded on the north by Gorteennag ...

; Corranearty;

Cullion (Kinawley) Cullion (Irish derived place name ''Cuileann'', meaning 'The Holly Trees', and still locally known as 'The Hollies') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. A sub-division of the townland is s ...

;

Derryrealt Derryrealt (Irish derived place name ''Doire ar Alt'', meaning ‘Oakwood at the Ravine’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Derryrealt is bounded on the south by Drumcullion t ...

;

Drumbar (Kinawley) Drumbar (Irish derived place name ''Droim Bairr'', meaning the ‘Ridge of the Summit’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumbar is bounded on the north by Drumbrughas and ...

;

Drumboory Drumboory (Irish derived place name ''Droim Buaire'', meaning ‘Ridge of the Cattle’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumboory is bounded on the south by Drumcar (Kinawle ...

; Drumbrughas; Drumcanon (Kinawley);

Drumcar (Kinawley) Drumcar (Irish derived place name, ''Droim Cairr'', meaning 'The Ridge of the Rock') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumcar is bounded on the north by Drumboory and Drumcull ...

; Drumcask; Drumconra (or Lowforge);

Drumcullion Drumcullion (Irish derived place name, ''Droim Cuilinn'', meaning 'The Ridge of the Holly') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumcullion is bounded on the north by Drumboory t ...

;

Drumersee Drumersee (Irish derived place name, either ''Droim ar Suí'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Seat" or ''Droim ar Saoi'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Learned Men" or ''Droim ar Sídhe'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Fairies") is a townland ...

; Drumod Glebe; Dunglave; Dunmakeever; Eshveagh;

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 Moh ...

; Furnaceland; Gortacashel; Gorteen (Kinawley);

Gorteennaglogh Gorteennaglogh (Irish derived place name, ''Goirtín na gCloch'', meaning 'The Little Field of the Stones') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gorteennaglogh is bounded on the ...

; Gortlaunaght; Gortnaderrylea; Gortnaleg; Gub (Kinawley);

Gubnafarna Gubnafarna (Irish derived place name, ''Gob na Fearna'', meaning ‘The Headland of the Alder Trees’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gubnafarna is bounded on the west by ...

;

Gubrawully Gubrawully (Irish derived place name either ''Gob a Raith Bhuailidh'', meaning the 'Headland of the Dairy Fort' or ''Gob an Mhullaigh'', meaning the ‘Headland of the Summit’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, ...

;

Gubrimmaddera Gubrimmaddera (Irish derived place name, ''Gob Dhroim Mhadra'', meaning 'The Headland of the Ridge of Dogs or Foxes') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gubrimmaddera is bounde ...

; Hawkswood; Killaghaduff;

Knockranny Knockranny (Irish derived place name, ''Cnoc Raithní'', meaning ‘The Hill of the Ferns’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Knockranny is bounded on the south by Knockroe ...

; Knockroe (Kinawley); Legavreagra; Monydoo (or Tonycrom);

Newtown (Kinawley) Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Newtown is bounded on the south by Gortnaleg townland, on the west by Tircahan townland and on the east by Aghakinnigh, Cullion (K ...

; Sralahan (Kinawley);

Tircahan Tircahan (Irish derived place name, either ''Tír Chatháin'', meaning 'The Country of O'Cahan' or ''Tír na Cáin'', meaning 'The Taxed Land') is a townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographic ...

; Tonanilt; Tonyquin; Tullycrafton; 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. 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 Hawkswood townland, Swanlinbar village, and was founded by St. Ternoc. The Life states that Naile arranged a meeting with Saint Mogue ( Máedóc of Ferns) 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 independ ...

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 als ...

route 58 from

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' 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 13,823 a ...

to Belturbet 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, Bal ...

Dublin Airport Dublin Airport ( Irish: ''Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath'') is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland. It is operated by DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority). The airport is located in Collinstown, north of Dublin, and south o ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

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 subsidi ...

''Expressway'' route 30 serves Derrylin 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 L ...

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: Th ...

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 teac ...

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

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