Finny, County Mayo
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Finny
Fionnaithe | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Finny Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°34′15″N 9°29′35″W / 53.5709°N 9.4931°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Barony | Ross |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.1493 km2 (0.4437 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Finny (or Finney; Irish: Fionnaithe, meaning 'places of rank vegetation')[2] is a small village and townland in County Mayo in the west of Ireland. The village is situated in the civil parish of Ross, in the Barony of Ross. Finny is located on the R300 regional road. The nearby Finny River, rising from the south-east of Loch Na Fooey drains eastward into the southwest part of Lough Mask. Finny is approximately 10 km to the west of Clonbur, County Galway, 11 km to the east of Leenaun, County Galway and 17 km south west of Toormakeady, County Mayo.
Finny is an Irish-speaking district within the Gaeltacht[3] of south Mayo and is also located within the cultural district of Joyce Country.
Religion
The Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Finny was completed in 1921. The building is unusual for the area in that it is Latin American in style evoking comparisons with Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Recess, County Galway.[4]
