Feenagh, County Limerick
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Feenagh Co Limerick Feenagh is a village in west County Limerick, Ireland, ten miles from Newcastle West
Newcastle West
Newcastle West is a town in west County Limerick, Ireland. The town is the largest town in the county, excluding Limerick city, and is sited on the River Arra which flows into the River Deel...
and six miles from Dromcolliher
Dromcolliher
Dromcolliher is a small Irish town at the crossroads of the R522 and R515 regional roads in the west of County Limerick. It is part of the parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford . It is also very close to the boundary of north County Cork.There are many variations of 'Drom'...
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The village has one shop/post office, which is located on the site of the former Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Irish Constabulary
The armed Royal Irish Constabulary was Ireland's major police force for most of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police controlled the capital, and the cities of Derry and Belfast, originally with their own police...
barracks near the old village pump. Feenagh also has a quality butchers and two welcoming pubs.
The new national school was built in 1970 and has 6 an taisce green flags to its name. The Carnegie Library was built in 1917, and the National School, built in 1847, is now used as a community centre.
The creamery built in the 1890s is now a garage. There are two holy wells in the locality of Feenagh. There was a new housing estate built on the sight where once stood the village forge. The village originated as a settlement in Cloncrew. Feenagh/Kilmeedy became a parish in 1851. The population of the parish is about 900. The church in Feenagh was built in the 18th century and was rebuilt in the 1870's. The stain glass window at the alter of the church was donated in memory of Hanora Irwin-Mc Mahon, by David Mc Mahon, native of Broadford.
The late Nollaig Ó Gadhra
Nollaig Ó Gadhra
Nollaig Ó Gadhra was an Irish-language activist, journalist and historian in Ireland. He was president of Conradh na Gaeilge from 2004 to 2005. He was also a founding member of Teilifís na Gaeilge.-Early life:...
, an Irish language activist, journalist and historian. He had served as the President of Conradh na Gaeilge from 2004 to 2005 and was also a founding member of Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4). Ó Gadhra was born on a family farm in Feenagh, County Limerick in 1943. His parents had returned to Ireland from the United States. He attended the Feenagh primary school before enrolling at the Scoil Mhuire secondary school in Dromcollogher and De La Salle residential school in Waterford. Ó Gadhra died on August 13, 2008, at the age of 64 at his home in Furbo, in Connemara.