Fahan
Fathain Mura | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°05′20″N 7°28′42″W / 55.089008°N 7.478457°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Population | 589 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Fahan (/fɔːn/; pronounced 'Fawn'. Irish: Fathain Mura, meaning 'little green/field of Mura') is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km (3 mi) south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery.