Fahan

"This article is about the Irish district. For the Tasmanian school, see The Fahan School."

Infobox Irish Place
name = Fahan
gaeilge = Fathain
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province = Ulster
county = County Donegal
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Fahan ( _ga. Fathain) is a district of Inishowen, in County Donegal, located five kilometres south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, St. Mura, first abbot and patron saint of Fahan, an early Christian monastery.

History

The walled graveyard, located to the west of The Rectory, is home not only to the resting place of pioneering nurse Agnes Jones, but also to the ruins of a 6th century monastery, which features a 7th century cross-slab of St. Mura. In both the 10th and 13th centuries, the village was ransacked by Vikings. A second monastery was built in the 16th century, but fell later into decay. Cecil Frances Alexander lived in the Old Rectory in the late 19th century. Her contemporary, Agnes Jones, who trained with Florence Nightingale and nursed in the Crimean War, was born in Fahan House. The church to the north of The Rectory contains an early 20th century stained-glass window by Evie Hone which depicts St. Elizabeth of Hungary.cite web | year=2006 | title=Fahan / Fathain | url=http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fahan.html | work=http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/| dun-na-ngall.com | accessdate=9th August | accessyear=2006]

Transport

*Fahan railway station opened on 9 September 1864, closed for passenger traffic on 6 September 1948 and finally closed altogether on 10 August 1953. [cite web | title=Fahan station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-10-13]

References

ee also

* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Donegal)