FOHENAH or
FOHANA; a parish, in the barony of KILCONNELL, county of GALWAY,and
province of CONNAUGHT, 1 1/2 miles (S. by E.) from Ahascragh,
on the road from Kilconnel to Ahascragh;
containing 1968 inhabitants.
This parish
comprises 5834 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. There are
good lime-stone quarries, and an oatmeal-mill. The bog has been reclaimed
by Lord Clonbrock at a large outlay of capital, according to the suggestions
of Thos. Berminghham, of Caramana, Esq.
The seats are
Clonbrock, the residence of Lord Clonbrock, situated on an extensive
demesne, finely planted and tastefully kept. and Lowville, of W.
M'Donagh, Esq.
The living is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Clonfert ; the rectory is partly
appropriate to the see and partly to the vicarage, which forms part of the
union of Kilconnell. The tithes amount
to £166.3s. 0 3/4 d, of which £32. 6s. 1 3/4 d., is payable to
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and £133. 16s. 11d., to the incumbent.
The church is in ruins and the ground used as a cemetery.
In the Roman
Catholic divisions the parish is united to the half parish of Kilgerril,
or Kilgirdle; the chapel is a thatched building.
About 50 children
are educated in a private school. The peasantry are comfortable, and agriculture
is much improved.
At Ballinabanaba
are the remains of a castle. The skeleton of a very large elk was dug out
of a bog in 1835. The title of Clonbrock, conferred on the Dillon family,
is taken from the demesne.
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