FAHAN UPPER

In 1868, the parish of Fahan Upper contained the following places:

"FAHAN UPPER, a parish in the barony of Inishowen West, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S. of Buncrana. It is situated on Lough Swilly, near Lower Fahan. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Derry, value £340, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built in 1820 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Desertegney and Lower Fahan. There is a Presbyterian meeting-house, four Sunday and seven day schools, two under the National Board. The abbey of Fahan, Fathenmura, or Fothenmor, was founded by St. Columb. It possessed many valuable and ancient relics, which were destroyed during the Reformation, save a few which are in the custody of the rector, including a chronicle, and some fragments of the Acts of St. Columb, written in Irish verse by the Abbot St. Murus. The highest ground is on the Scalp, which rises 1,589 feet above sea-level. Millstone-grit, building-stone, and slate are plentiful."

"BURNFOOT, a village in the parish of Fahan Upper, and barony of Inishowen, in the county of Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles to the N.W. of Londonderry. It is seated on the E. coast of Lough Swilly."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018