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Fahan (; pronounced 'Fawn'. Irish: Fathain Mura, meaning 'little green/field of Mura') is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km (3 mi) south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery.
History
The walled graveyard, located west of the rectory, contains the grave of pioneering nurse Agnes Jones, the ruins of a 6th-century monastery featuring a 7th-century cross-slab of St. Mura, and the ruins of a 16th-century monastery and 17th-century church together with a number of grave slabs bearing coats of arms. The monastery and village were sacked by Vikings in the 10th and 13th centuries. Medieval mill wheels are built into both the graveyard wall and the wall on the opposite side of the road.
Cecil Frances Alexander lived in the old rectory in the late 19th century. Her contemporary, Agnes Jones, trained with Florence Nightingale and served as a nurse in the Crimean War. Agnes Jones was born in Cambridge, England. Edward Maginn, a 19th-century bishop, served as a parish priest in Fahan. The church to the north of the rectory contains an early 20th-century stained-glass window by Evie Hone which depicts St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
Transport
Fahan railway station, which opened on 9 September 1864, closed for passenger traffic on 6 September 1948. It finally ceased operation on 10 August 1953.
Fahan is served by the McGonagle Bus Company, with a stop on the route between Buncrana and Derry.
Notable people
W. G. S. Adams, political scientist and public servant
William Alexander, Primate of All Ireland
General Sir Andrew Barnard, British military commander
Paul Colton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork
Peter Cunnah, from Derry, now resident in Fahan; former lead singer with D:Ream
George Downame, Bishop of Derry and writer on philosophical and religious subjects
George Finlay, priest who served as Archdeacon of Clogher
Niall Frossach, King of Ailech
Agnes Jones, nurse
Johnny McCauley, singer-songwriter
Saint Mura
Máel Muire Othain, poet
Andrew Simpson, actor
Sir St Clair Thomson, surgeon
Gallery
References
See also
List of populated places in Ireland
List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Donegal)
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