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| [[Category:Village]][[Category:Townland]][[Category:Clankelly]][[Category:Galloon Parish]]
| | Donagh is a common place-name as it means "church". |
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| '''Donagh''' (pronouncedˈdoʊnə/ 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 [[village]] and [[townland]] in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It lies between [[Lisnaskea]] and [[Newtownbutler]] in the south-east of the county. 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> It is situated within [[Fermanagh and Omagh]] district.
| | * [[Donagh (townland)]], the [[townland]], in [[:Category:Galloon Parish|Galloon Parish]], [[:Category:Clankelly|Barony of Clankelly]] |
| | | * [[Donagh (village)]], the [[village]] located on the B36, just off Moorlough Junction on the A34 (Lisnaskea to Newtownbutler) |
| There is another townland called Donagh in County Fermanagh, as well as one in [[County Monaghan]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]].
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| 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. | |
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| == Features ==
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| 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>
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| [[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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| == References ==
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