Fahavane, County Kerry

Fahavane (Irish: An Fhaiche Bhán) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland.[1][2]

Fahavane
Irish: An Fhaiche Bhán
townland
CountryIreland
CountyCounty Kerry
BaronyClanmaurice
Civil parishKilflynn
Area
 • Total144.90 ha (358.06 acres)

It is one of the sixteen original townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and is on the east side, just south of the river Shannow, which provides its northern border, and Kilflynn village. It is mostly rural land.

History

Fahavane was listed as common or unprofitable land in 1641 and again in 1670 after the Down survey. Most surrounding townlands were owned by the Stack family, whose name is common to the area. Stack family members lost their land to Henry Ponsonby, a Cromwellian soldier, because of their support for the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Catholic Confederation.[3][4][5]

In modern history, the most famous people from Fahavane were George O'Shea and Stephen Fuller, former Republican soldiers. Fuller later became the Teachta Dála for North Kerry representing Fianna Fáil in the 9th and 10th Dáil Éireann. He was the sole survivor of the notorious Ballyseedy massacre of 7 March 1923, where he, O'Shea and seven other Republican prisoners of the Free State army were tied standing in a circle around a land mine which was prepared and detonated by officers of the Dublin Guard. O'Shea and Timothy Twomey, also from the Kilflynn civil parish, are buried in the Republican plot in Kilflynn.[6][7][8][9][10]

Religion

Fahavane is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony. [11]

Representation

The local parliamentary constituency (since 2016) is Kerry, returning five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil Éireann. The current TDs are John Brassil (Fianna Fáil), Martin Ferris (Sinn Féin), Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael), Danny Healy-Rae (Independent) and Michael Healy-Rae (Independent).[12]

See also

References
  1. RootsWeb. "Kilflyn Civil Parish & Townland Map". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland. "Fahavane". www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Down Survey. "Down Survey of Ireland". downsurvey.tcd.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland. Dublin: James Moore. p. 269. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. The Spectator eds. "The Ponsonbys". archive.spectator.co.uk. The Spectator. Retrieved 10 October 2017. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  6. "Ballyseedy commemoration". Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  7. "Stories of the revolution: Ballyseedy and the Civil War's worst atrocity". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. Harrington, Niall C. (1992). Kerry Landing: An episode of the Civil war. Dublin: Anvil Books. p. 149.
  9. "Free State account of controversial Kerry IRA deaths in 1923 contradicted by Garda report". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  10. Coogan, Tim Pat (2016). The Twelve Apostles. London: Head of Zeus.
  11. Diocese of Kerry. "Abbeydorney". Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  12. Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. "Dáil Éireann Members' Directory". Tithe an Oireachtas (Houses of the Oireachtas). Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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