Editing Fanad (section)

{{Short description|Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox lighthouse
| qid            = Q28374980
| image          = Fanad Head 2015 09 09.jpg
| caption        = Fanad Lighthouse County Donegal<br>[[Lough Swilly]] and Mulroy Bay
| location       = [[County Donegal]], Ireland
| coordinates    = {{coord|55|16|34.6|N|7|37|54.2|W|region:IE_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| yearbuilt      = 1817 (first)
| yearlit        = 1886 (current)
| construction   = masonry tower
| shape          = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
| marking        = white tower and lantern, red rail
| height         = {{convert|22|m|ft}}
| focalheight    = {{convert|39|m|ft}}
| lens           = 300 mm
| range          = {{convert|18|nmi}}
| characteristic = Fl (5) WR 20s.
| country        = Ireland
| countrynumber  = CIL-1580
| managingagent  = Fanad Head Lighthouse<ref>{{cite rowlett|irlw|accessdate=February 10, 2016}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Fanad Head Lighthouse 1.jpg|thumb|right|Fanad Head Lighthouse]]
'''Fanad''' (official name: '''Fánaid''')<ref>[http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004]</ref> is a [[peninsula]] that lies between [[Lough Swilly]] and [[Mulroy Bay]] on the north coast of [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The origin of the name Fanad derives from the [[Irish language]] word Fána <ref>https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/f%C3%A1na {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> for "sloping ground".<ref>The Anglicized words of Irish Placenames by Tom Burnell (2006)</ref> It is also referred to as Fannet or Fannett in older records. There are an estimated 700 people living in Fanad and 30% Irish speakers.

Fanad encompasses the parishes of [[Clondavaddog]], Killygarvan and parts of Tullyfern and Aughinish. It measures approximately 25&nbsp;km north–south measured from Fanad Head to the town of [[Ramelton]] and approximately 12&nbsp;km east–west measured between the townlands of Doaghbeg and Glinsk. The southern boundary of Fanad has been the subject of some dispute over the centuries. In the 16th century, during the time of the MacSuibhnes as rulers of Fanad, it was stated that the territory of Fanaid stretched as far south as the [[River Lennon]] between [[Kilmacrennan]] and Ramelton. In 1835, the surveyor John O'Donovan referred to Rathmullan as the capital of Fanad, and he also refers to Clondavaddog as ''"the most northern parish of Fanaid"'', suggesting that Fanad included parishes other than Clondavaddog.<ref>O'Donovans's Ordnance Survey Letters Donegal 1835 by Michael Herity (2000)</ref> O'Donovan also noted that ''"The inhabitants of Inishowen state that Fanaid extends from Rathmeltan to Mulroy Lough, but the natives of the Parishes of Killygarvan, Tully and Aughnish, who considered themselves civilised, deny that they themselves are of the men of Fanaid"''. It consists of small villages such as [[Tamney]], [[Rossnakill]] and has a bordering village called [[Kerrykeel]].

Family names commonly recorded in Fanad since the mid-19th century include Blake, Callaghan, Cannon/Canning, Carr/Kerr, Coll, Coyle, Deeney, Doherty, Friel, Fealty, Gallagher, Martin, McAteer/McIntyre, McConigley/McGonigle, McGinley/McKinley, Shiels/Shields and Sweeney/McSwyne.<ref>Reflecting the frequency of the occurrence of the names noted in Griffith's Primary Valuation of the 1850s.</ref>