Tamney

Tamney, also known as Tawney or Tawny (Irish: An Tamhnaigh, meaning 'arable place or field'),^[1] is a small village and townland in Fanad in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. It was the only postal town of the peninsula of Fanad (or Fannet/Fannett) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Tawny townland, which has an area of approximately 0.96 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi),^[2] had a population of 40 people as of the 2011 census.^[3]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a bullaun stone (in Tawny townland) and a ringfort (in Croaghan).^[4][5] St Columba's Catholic Church (better known as Massmount Chapel, and located in Croaghan) was built c. 1780,^[6] with St. Columba's Parochial House (Tawny) built c. 1885.^[7] The local national school, St Davaddog's or Tamney National School,^[8] had an enrollment of 30 pupils as of 2024.^[9]

In 1904, Seumas MacManus wrote a one-act play The Townland of Tamney.^[10]