Fintown

Fintown

Infobox Irish Place
name = Fintown
gaeilge = Baile na Finne
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motto =
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pin coords = left: 55px; top: 69px
north coord = 54.8706
west coord = 8.1133
irish grid =
area =
elevation = 169m (557ft)
province = Ulster
county = County Donegal
dailconstituency = Donegal South West
stdcode =
town pop = <100| rural pop = <500
census yr = 2006
web = www.donegalcoco.ie
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Fintown (official name: Baile na Finne [http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Irish Place Names Order 2004] ) is a small village in County Donegal on the banks of Lough Finn. It is situated within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is Aaron and Shane Macruairi as well as Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway, the Cumann Traenach na Gaeltachta Láir, which runs along the length of Lough Finn [http://www.antraen.com/index.php Fintown Railway website] . The village was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain. [http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html County Donegal on the Net]

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* List of towns and villages in Ireland.

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