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Forgney (Irish: Forgnaí) is a civil parish and townland in County Longford, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area include a number of ringfort and holy well sites in Forgney townland.
FORGNEY, or CLONCALL, a parish, in the barony of ABBEYSHRUEL, county of LONGFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (S. E.) from Ballymahon, on the road to Mullingar; containing 2241 inhabitants, and comprising 5832 statute acres, of which 4446 are applotted under the tithe act; 32 acres are woodland, 1945 arable, 1782 pasture, and 2073 bog and ...
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1810 – St. Munis Church of Ireland, Forgney, Co. Longford Unusual church design with two curving bays flanking the tower over the entrance. The impressive bell tower and unusual vestibules were added in 1813 at the expense of the Countess of Rosse in honour of her late husband Laurence Parsons-Harman (1749 – 1807).
FORGNEY, or CLONCALL, a parish, in the barony of ABBEYSHRUEL, county of LONGFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (S. E.) from Ballymahon, on the road to Mullingar; containing 2241 inhabitants, and comprising 5832 statute acres, of which 4446 are applotted under the tithe act; 32 acres are woodland, 1945 arable, 1782 pasture, and 2073 bog and ...
Forgney has an area of 22.1 km² / 5,455.2 acres / 8.5 square miles. Townlands. There are 13 townlands that we know about in Forgney. This represents 100% of all the area in Forgney. Baile Mhic Conmeá (see Ballyclamay (Baile Mhic Conmeá) , Forgney Civil Parish, Barony of Shrule, Co. Longford)
John Henry Patterson (1867–1947), soldier and author, was born in Forgney near Ballymahon. His book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907) details his experiences while building a railway bridge in Kenya in the late 1890s.
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