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)