Knockninny
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![]() Minor road up Knockninny Hill - geograph.org.uk - 382857 | |
![]() Location of Knockninny,
County Fermanagh,
Northern Ireland. | |
Coordinates: 54°10′58″N 7°33′55″W / 54.1827°N 7.5652°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | Fermanagh |
Knockninny (from Irish Cnoc Ninnidh 'St. Ninnidh's hill') is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. [2] To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Clanawley to the north-west; Tirkennedy to the north; Magherastephana to the north-east; and Coole to the east. [2] It also borders two baronies in the Republic of Ireland: Loughtee Lower to the south; and Tullyhaw to the south-west.
Knockninny is believed to takes its name from St. Ninnidh, a 6th-century saint. St. Ninnid is listed as one of the "twelve apostles of Ireland", and bore the epithet of Saobhruisc meaning "squinting", given rise to the names; "the squinting saint" or "one-eyed saint". [3] The hill of St. Ninnid lies on the southern shore of Upper Lough Erne. [4]
Before 1450 there is no mention of this barony's name, however the land is noted as being an early Maguire stronghold, with a MacManus ( Irish: Mac Maghnuis) sept of Clan Maguire centered here. [3] [4]
Below is a list of civil parishes in Knockninny: [5]
Knockninny
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![]() Minor road up Knockninny Hill - geograph.org.uk - 382857 | |
![]() Location of Knockninny,
County Fermanagh,
Northern Ireland. | |
Coordinates: 54°10′58″N 7°33′55″W / 54.1827°N 7.5652°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
County | Fermanagh |
Knockninny (from Irish Cnoc Ninnidh 'St. Ninnidh's hill') is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. [2] To its east lies Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by four other baronies in Northern Ireland: Clanawley to the north-west; Tirkennedy to the north; Magherastephana to the north-east; and Coole to the east. [2] It also borders two baronies in the Republic of Ireland: Loughtee Lower to the south; and Tullyhaw to the south-west.
Knockninny is believed to takes its name from St. Ninnidh, a 6th-century saint. St. Ninnid is listed as one of the "twelve apostles of Ireland", and bore the epithet of Saobhruisc meaning "squinting", given rise to the names; "the squinting saint" or "one-eyed saint". [3] The hill of St. Ninnid lies on the southern shore of Upper Lough Erne. [4]
Before 1450 there is no mention of this barony's name, however the land is noted as being an early Maguire stronghold, with a MacManus ( Irish: Mac Maghnuis) sept of Clan Maguire centered here. [3] [4]
Below is a list of civil parishes in Knockninny: [5]