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Latest revision as of 22:48, 7 February 2023
| Fintown Irish: Baile na Finne | |
| County Donegal | |
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 Signage at the entrance to the village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | B928025 |
| Location: | 54°52’14"N, 8°6’48"W |
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Fintown is a small village and townland on the banks of Lough Finn in County Donegal. It is within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (1,961 feet) and Screig Mountains, The 2016 census recorded a population of just 88 people in the townland.
Thew village's main attraction is an Mhuc Dhubh, the Fintown Railway. This which is Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway and runs along the length of Lough Finn.[1]
The village was named after a mythological woman, Fionngheal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain. The Irish-language name is Baile na Finne, which has been decreed to be the only official name of the place.
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![The Fintown Railway at Fintown station]]](/w/images/thumb/b/b4/Fintown_Railway.jpg/120px-Fintown_Railway.jpg)
The Fintown Railway at Fintown station]]
![The Fintown Railway at Fintown station]]](/wiki/File:Fintown_Railway.jpg)