Kinawley or Kinawly () is a small village,

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

(of 187 acres) and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

straddling

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

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and

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...

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. The village and townland are both in the civil parish of Kinawley (founded by

Natalis of Ulster Natalis (Saint Naile, Naal) (died 564) was a 6th-century Irish monk and saint. His father was Aenghus, who was 3rd in descent from Lughaidh, King of Munster. He died in 564. He was a spiritual student of Columba and founded monasteries throug ...

) in the historic barony of Clanawley, while other areas of the parish are in the baronies of

Knockninny Knockninny () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Clanawley to the north-west; Tirkennedy to the north; Magherastephana to the no ...

in County Fermanagh and

Tullyhaw Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Locat ...

. In th
2011 Census
it had a population of 141 people. Kinawley has been twinned with the German Village of Ammerndorf a municipality in the district of Fürth within Bavaria in Germany since 2008 following the county of Fermanagh's "Green and Green alike" campaign assigning each village and town land with a similar counterpart to follow the example of an environmentally friendly living manner.

Tullyhaw

The part of Kinawley lying in the barony of Tullyhaw comprises the following townlands: Aghaboy (Kinawley); Aghakinnigh; Aghnacally; Altbrean; Alteen; Binkeeragh; Borim (Kinawley); Cloghoge; Commas (Kinawley); Cornagran (Kinawley);

Cornalon Cornalon (Irish derived place name ''Corr na Lon'', meaning ‘Round Hill of the Blackbirds’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Cornalon is bounded on the north by Gorteennaglo ...

; Corranearty; Cullion (Kinawley);

Derryrealt Derryrealt (Irish derived place name ''Doire ar Alt'', meaning ‘Oakwood at the Ravine’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Derryrealt is bounded on the south by Drumcullion t ...

; Drumbar (Kinawley);

Drumboory Drumboory (Irish derived place name ''Droim Buaire'', meaning ‘Ridge of the Cattle’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumboory is bounded on the south by Drumcar (Kinawley ...

; Drumbrughas; Drumcanon (Kinawley); Drumcar (Kinawley);

Drumcask Drumcask (Irish derived place name ''Droim Cásca'', meaning the ‘Ridge of Easter’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. It is close to the site of a medieval church in Killaghaduff townla ...

; Drumconra (or Lowforge);

Drumcullion Drumcullion (Irish derived place name, ''Droim Cuilinn'', meaning 'The Ridge of the Holly') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Drumcullion is bounded on the north by Drumboory t ...

;

Drumersee Drumersee (Irish derived place name, either ''Droim ar Suí'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Seat" or ''Droim ar Saoi'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Learned Men" or ''Droim ar Sídhe'', meaning "The Hill-Ridge of the Fairies") is a townland i ...

; Drumod Glebe; Dunglave; Dunmakeever;

Eshveagh Eshveagh, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, either ‘Ais Bheathach’, meaning ''The Marsh of the Birches'', or ‘Éis Bheathach’, meaning ''The Hill of the Birches'', or ‘Eas Bheathach’, meaning ''The Waterfall of the Birches'' is a townl ...

; Finaghoo; Furnaceland; Gortacashel; Gorteen (Kinawley); Gorteennaglogh; Gortlaunaght; Gortnaderrylea; Gortnaleg; Gub (Kinawley);

Gubnafarna Gubnafarna (Irish derived place name, ''Gob na Fearna'', meaning ‘The Headland of the Alder Trees’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gubnafarna is bounded on the west by Bink ...

;

Gubrawully Gubrawully (Irish derived place name either ''Gob a Raith Bhuailidh'', meaning the 'Headland of the Dairy Fort' or ''Gob an Mhullaigh'', meaning the ‘Headland of the Summit’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, ...

;

Gubrimmaddera Gubrimmaddera (Irish derived place name, ''Gob Dhroim Mhadra'', meaning 'The Headland of the Ridge of Dogs or Foxes') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Gubrimmaddera is bounded o ...

; Hawkswood; Killaghaduff;

Knockranny Knockranny (Irish derived place name, ''Cnoc Raithní'', meaning ‘The Hill of the Ferns’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Knockranny is bounded on the south by Knockroe (Ki ...

; Knockroe (Kinawley); Legavreagra; Monydoo (or Tonycrom);

Newtown (Kinawley) Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Newtown is bounded on the south by Gortnaleg townland, on the west by Tircahan townland and on the east by Aghakinnigh, Cullion (K ...

;

Sralahan (Kinawley) Sralahan (Irish derived place name ''Srath Leathan'', meaning ‘The Broad River-Meadow') is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Sralahan is bounded on the north by Knockroe (Kin ...

; Tircahan; Tonanilt; Tonyquin;

Tullycrafton Tullycrafton, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic, ‘Tulaigh Crofton’ meaning ''The Hill of the Crofton Family'', is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony ...

;

Tullydermot Tullydermot (Irish derived place name ''Tulaigh Dhiarmuda'', meaning ‘The Hill of Dermot’) is a townland in the civil parish of Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Tullydermot is bounded on the north by Commas ...

; Uragh (Kinawley).

Churches

Ruins Church of Naile, Kinawley, Fermanagh

St Naile's Church in the Parish of Kinawley, in the Diocese of Kilmore, was built between the years 1867–1876 near a site that was used for worship from the 6th century. It was rededicated on 4 August 2002. The church is dedicated to Saint Náile (alias Saint Natalis), a contemporary of Saint

Colmcille Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is tod ...

. St Naile became the second Abbott on Devinish, which was one of the great monastic settlements during the Golden Age of Christianity in Ireland. According to the 'Life of Saint Naile', the original Christian church of Kinawley parish was in Hawkswood townland, Swanlinbar village, and was founded by St. Ternoc. The Life states that Naile arranged a meeting with Saint Mogue (

Máedóc of Ferns Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan ( ga, Áedan; cy, Aeddan; la, Aidanus and '), or Saint Mogue ( ga, Mo Aodh Óg), was an Irish saint who was the first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford and the ...

) at ''Cluain Caomh'', which was the old name for Hawkswood. While he was waiting for Mogue to turn up, he asked St. Ternoc for a drink of water but was refused. Naile in anger hurled his staff three ploughlands (six tates or townlands) and where it landed a spring gushed forth and he founded his church there, where now stands the church of Kinawley and Naile's Holy Well. Oddly enough there are indeed six townlands between Hawkswood and Lismonaghan townland, Kinawley village, where St. Naile's church is situated today. The Life of Naile was composed c. 1520 from earlier sources and is probably a reflection of what originally happened, i.e. Hawkswood church was on the boundary between Tullyhaw or Magh Slécht (where Mogue was the patron saint) and Fermanagh. The

Airgíalla Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...

were moving into the area and then took the overlordship of the church occupied by Ternoc and gave it to their own priests.

Transport

Ulsterbus Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink, the brand name for the subsidiary operating companies of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, which als ...

route 58 from

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,823 ...

Belturbet Belturbet (; ) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around north of Cavan town and from Dublin. It is also located around south of the border with Northern Ireland, between the counties of Cavan and Fermanagh, and fr ...

serves Kinawley several times a day Mondays to Saturdays. The Donegal-

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Ba ...

Dublin Airport Dublin Airport ( Irish: ''Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath'') is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland. It is operated by DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority). The airport is located in Collinstown, north of Dublin, and south of ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

Bus Éireann Bus Éireann (; "Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus. It is a subs ...

''Expressway'' route 30 serves

Derrylin Derrylin ( or "Oakgrove of the blackbirds") is a village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is on the A509 road between Enniskillen and the border with County Cavan (the N3 road to Dublin). It had a population of 624 in the ...

which is approximately 7 km distant. There is a coach in each direction every two hours during the day as well as an overnight journey. Services operate daily including Sundays.

People

John Carron John Carron (1909–1998) was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Carron was born in Kinawley, County Fermanagh in 1909. He became a farmer and a publican before becoming a founder member and Vice-Chairman of the Irish Anti-Partition ...

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

politician * Owen Carron, activist and politician, from Kinawley * Father Seán McManus,

Irish National Caucus The Irish National Caucus (INC) is an Irish-American lobby group. It was founded by Father Sean Gabriel McManus on February 6, 1974, at a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The lobby group was formed to counterbalance British influences i ...

president

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