Coa is a

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and

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in Magheracross civil parish,

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. It is located east of the town of Ballinamallard and is 399.11 acres in area. Landmarks include

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s Church Coa, Cavanalough Glebe, and Killee Lough.

History

About 450 AD the parish was said to have been founded by St Patrick and about 550 AD

St Columba Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey ...

passed through the area. In 1769,

John Wesley John Wesley ( ; 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a principal leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies ...

visited the district bringing

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and Coa Chapel was built in 1770. In the early 20th century, further religious movements swept the district."Crowds Await Millennium.

Cooneyite The Cooneyites are a Protestant sect which split from the nameless church commonly known as Two by Twos; the church was originally called "the Tramps" or "the Go-Preachers" founded by William Irvine, often referred to today as "The Truth" or, c ...

s Hold Prayer Meetings and Baptize Hundreds Daily in Ireland" '

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. 4 August 1909, p. 3.

Sport

The area has a

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club, Coa O'Dwyers (CLG Uí Dhuibhir, An Cuach). It is the birthplace of Ipswich Town manager

Kieran McKenna Kieran McKenna (born 14 May 1986) is a professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who is the manager of club Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town. Born in England, McKenna was raised in Nor ...

References

Villages in County Fermanagh Townlands of County Fermanagh Hamlets in Northern Ireland {{Fermanagh-geo-stub