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- Gaeilge
the chapel of Séamas Ó Fionnachta
Séamas Ó Fionnachta — ainm agus sloinne.Ainmnithe i ndiaidh an tsagairt a bhunaigh an séipéal ar an láthair seo sa 17ú haois, de réir traidisiúin. Is ann do chloch chinn an Athar Séamas Ó Fionnachta sa reilig ar láthair an tséipéil. Deirtear ar an gcloch chinn sin, atá scríofa i Laidin, gurb é an tAthair Séamas Ó Fionnachta (‘Orate pro anima Patris Iacobi Finaghtii…’) a bhunaigh an láthair eaglasta sin sa 17ú haois in ómós do Naomh Gobnait. Is amhlaidh gur mhair scéal an Athar Ó Fionnachta sa traidisiún béil sa cheantar chomh maith. Bhailigh daltaí bunscoile roinnt scéalta béaloidis ina thaobh do Bhailiúchán na Scol sna 1930í. Seo thíos cúpla sampla:
Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there (0044, 0095).
In Chapel Finnerty graveyard there is a tomb in which a priest named Father Finnerty is supposed to be buried. There is a stone on the ground beside it and water drips from the roof on it (0043, 0091).
There is a story told about a man named Father Finnerty who made his own grave in Chapel Finnerty and when he had it finished, he died. In Chapefinerty [sic] graveyard there is a weeping stone, which is in the cave (0043, 0137).
Tá Finnerty an-choitianta mar bhéarlú ar Ó Fionnachta sa cheantar seo, rud a mhíníonn an mhalairt foirme áitiúil (Chapelfinnerty). (JÓG)
- English
the chapel of Séamas Ó Fionnachta
Séamas Ó Fionnachta — name and surname.Named after the priest who, according to tradition, established the church on this site in the 17th century. Father Séamas Ó Fionnachta’s headstone can be found in the graveyard on the site of the chapel. The headstone records, in Latin, that Father Séamas Ó Fionnachta (‘Orate pro anima Patris Iacobi Finaghtii…’) founded a chapel on the site in honour of Saint Gobnait in the 17th century. Stories of Father Ó Fionnachta survived in the oral tradition, and in the 1930s, schoolchildren collected folklore relating to him for The Schools’ Folklore Collection. Below are a couple of examples:
Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there (0044, 0095).
In Chapel Finnerty graveyard there is a tomb in which a priest named Father Finnerty is supposed to be buried. There is a stone on the ground beside it and water drips from the roof on it (0043, 0091).
There is a story told about a man named Father Finnerty who made his own grave in Chapel Finnerty and when he had it finished, he died. In Chapefinerty [sic] graveyard there is a weeping stone, which is in the cave (0043, 0137).
In this region, the surname Ó Fionnachta is commonly anglicized as Finnerty, which explains the local alternative form of the name (Chapelfinnerty). (JÓG)
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Historical references
1777 |
Chapelfeenaghty
Chas Ffrench (from Castlefrench) to Robert Dillon (at Clonbrock). Concerning the purchase of " the small spot called Chapelfeenaghty . . . in order to build a family vault there. ."
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1817 |
Chapelfeenarty
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1837 |
Chapel Feenarty
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1837 |
Chapel Feenaghty
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1837 |
Chapel Feenarty
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1837 |
This village is situated in the N. West of this parish on the townland of Lattoon in the barony of Kilconnel:
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1837 |
Is a small village containing 6 houses on road leading from Ahascragh to Ballinamore.
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1837 |
seipeall sheumais ui fhionnachtaigh
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1837 |
Seipel Shemais ui Fíonachtaigh 'O’Feenaghty’s chapel'; 'James Finaghty’s Chapel'
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1838 |
Chapelfeenaghty
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1933c |
Chapelfeenaghty
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1937/38 |
Chapel Finnerty
Not far from where I live there is a graveyard called Chapel Finnerty, it was named after a priest Father Finnerty who lived there during the penal days and had a little chapel there.
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BNS 44, 95
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1976 |
tʃapəl ˈfinərte
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