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'''Donagh''' (pronounced doʊnə/ DOH-nə, from Irish 'Domhnach', meaning 'church')<ref>[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 Placenames NI] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602135551/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultsdetail.phtml?entry=13587 |date=June 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/59572 |title=Donagh |work=logainm.ie}}</ref> is a small [[:Category:Village|village]] and [[:Category:Townland|townland]] ( [[Donagh (townland)|Donagh]] ) in [[County Fermanagh]].

The village sprawls over the townlands of [[Donagh (townland)|Donagh]] and [[Moorlough]]. 

==History==
Donagh was originally known in [[Irish language|Irish]] as ''Ua Dúnáin Dhomhnaigh Maighe da Claoíne do Mharbhad'' (meaning 'O'Doonan's Church of the Plain of the Two Slopes'), later known in Irish as ''Domhnach Maighe Dhá Chlaoine'' (meaning 'Church of the Plain of the Two Slopes').<ref> Brian G. Scott (General Editor), Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh, ''An Archaeological Survey of County Fermanagh: Volume I, Part 1 - The Prehistoric Period'', p. 39. [[Northern Ireland Environment Agency]] (N.I.E.A.), [[Belfast]], and [[Colourpoint Books]], [[Newtownards]], 2014.</ref> It was originally [[anglicised]] as 'Donoghmoychinny' or 'Donaghmoyline'. It was later anglicised simply as Donagh.

== 2001 Census ==
In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] it had a population of 255.<ref>[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information Service]</ref> 

== Features ==
The village features two protected sites: one is Donagh House, a listed building, the other an ancient ecclesiastical site featuring a ruined church and a graveyard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fermanagh Area Plan 2007 – Proposals: Donagh |publisher=Northern Ireland Planning Service |url=http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/dev_plans/devplans_az/fermanagh_2007/fermanagh_/fermanagh_villages/fermanagh_donagh.htm |access-date=2009-03-26}}</ref>

[[St Patrick's GFC, Donagh|St Patrick's]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] club, and won the [[Fermanagh Senior Football Championship]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcgoverns-solid-show-bags-title-for-st-patricks-26482291.html|title=McGovern's solid show bags title for St Patrick's|date=6 October 2008|work=[[Irish Independent]]|accessdate=18 January 2022}}</ref>

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