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Localidades
4,005
Registros censales
809
Hogares
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Años del censo
- Personas
- 2,097
- Hogares
- 415
- Personas
- 1,908 -9%
- Hogares
- 394 -5.1%
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Fenagh is a small parish located in County Leitrim in the northwest of Ireland, situated in the province of Connacht. The parish lies in a landscape characteristic of Leitrim, marked by undulating terrain, small lakes known as loughs, and agricultural land that reflects the region's rural character. The wider area is part of the drumlin belt of Ireland, which creates the distinctive rolling topography of the midlands and northwest. The parish is positioned within reach of larger towns such as Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon, which serve as local economic and social centers for the surrounding communities.
Fenagh has deep historical roots stretching back to early Christian Ireland. The parish is associated with Saint Caillin, an early Christian saint, and historically the area would have been an important religious site in the medieval period. Like many Irish parishes, Fenagh's development reflected broader patterns of settlement, monastic life, and later parochial organization under the Catholic Church. The landscape itself bears traces of these historical layers, with churches and burial grounds marking centuries of religious practice and community life in the area.
The parish remains significant as a living community center for the people of the locality. The parish church serves as a focal point for religious and social gatherings, maintaining traditions of faith and community connection that have characterized Irish parish life. Fenagh, like many rural parishes in Leitrim, is part of the cultural and administrative fabric that has structured Irish rural society for centuries. The parish represents an important unit of local identity, particularly within the Catholic tradition that predominates in the region, and continues to serve the spiritual and community needs of its residents.
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