Fahan

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Fahan
Fahain Mura

Location

Statistics

Population ()

338 (2002 census)

"Fahan" (Gaeilge: "Fahain Mura") is a district of Inishowen, in County Donegal, located 5 Kilometres south of Buncrana

[edit] History

The old pier at Fahan Beach

The walled graveyard, located to the west of The Rectory, is home not only to the resting place Agnes Jones, but also to the ruins of a 6th century monastery, which features an 8th century cross-slab of St. Mura. In both the 10th and 13th centuries, the village was rensacked by Vikings. A second monastery was build in the 16th centuary, but was later destroyed. Cecil Francis Alexander lived in the Old Rectory ( now still stands although new homes have been build to the east of the house), in the late 19th century. Her contemporary, Agnes Jones, who trained with Florence Nightingale and nursed in the Crimean War, was born in Fahan House. 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 ^[1]