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Fahamore
Fahamore (Irish: An Fhaiche Mhór, meaning 'the big green') is a townland and small village on the Maharees peninsula in County Kerry. It consists of about 50 houses and a pub. Fahamore is located on the shore of Brandon Bay and is a centre for diving, surfing, windsurfing and sea bass fishing. It is also a centre for currach building, and currachs are still used locally, including at the local fishing harbour at Scraggane.[citation needed]
The original Irish name of Fahamore, An Fhaiche Mhór, means the 'big green'. This may refer to the large open green area in front of Spillane's bar.[citation needed] A list of local placenames and their origins is contained in the book Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne by Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (An Seabhac).
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of shell midden, standing stone, souterrain and castle sites in the townlands of Fahermore, Kilshannig and Garrywilliam. A description of the area's middens is found in the Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula (1986) by Judith Cuppage.
Local oral histories tell of a night in 1839, known as the Night of the Big Wind, when there was a particularly bad storm.
A three masted sailing ship, the Charger, carrying a cargo of deal, was wrecked in Carralougha in 1890 - the remains of the ship's boilers are still in evidence on the rocks near Fahamore at low tide.
A sea wall was built, probably in the 19th century, to prevent coastal erosion - it had limited success, as it now lies in pieces about 20m from the cliff edge - in the 1990s rock armour was put in place by Kerry County Council to protect the coast from Fahamore southwards for a distance of about two kilometers.
The Fahamore area was historically more populated than it is now, and there were two old schoolhouses in the village, one dating from 1849 and the other from 1911. In 1946 there were 84 houses in the village, occupied by 384 people who mostly run family farms with no additionally employed labour. The farmed crop was mostly potatoes, carrots, onions, and beetroot; the primary fertilizer was seaweed. As of the 2011 census, Fahamore townland had a population of 122. At the time of the census, in April 2011, 47 houses in the townland were occupied, while 44 were vacant.
Townlands and villages near Fahamore, on the Maharees peninsula, include Cutteen, Garrywilliam, Barr na Duiche, Ceann Duiche and Kilshanig. Access to the beach at Brandon Bay is via the Point Gap and Maherabeg Cut.[citation needed]
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Fahamore
Fahamore (Irish: An Fhaiche Mhór, meaning 'the big green') is a townland and small village on the Maharees peninsula in County Kerry. It consists of about 50 houses and a pub. Fahamore is located on the shore of Brandon Bay and is a centre for diving, surfing, windsurfing and sea bass fishing. It is also a centre for currach building, and currachs are still used locally, including at the local fishing harbour at Scraggane.[citation needed]
The original Irish name of Fahamore, An Fhaiche Mhór, means the 'big green'. This may refer to the large open green area in front of Spillane's bar.[citation needed] A list of local placenames and their origins is contained in the book Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne by Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (An Seabhac).
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of shell midden, standing stone, souterrain and castle sites in the townlands of Fahermore, Kilshannig and Garrywilliam. A description of the area's middens is found in the Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula (1986) by Judith Cuppage.
Local oral histories tell of a night in 1839, known as the Night of the Big Wind, when there was a particularly bad storm.
A three masted sailing ship, the Charger, carrying a cargo of deal, was wrecked in Carralougha in 1890 - the remains of the ship's boilers are still in evidence on the rocks near Fahamore at low tide.
A sea wall was built, probably in the 19th century, to prevent coastal erosion - it had limited success, as it now lies in pieces about 20m from the cliff edge - in the 1990s rock armour was put in place by Kerry County Council to protect the coast from Fahamore southwards for a distance of about two kilometers.
The Fahamore area was historically more populated than it is now, and there were two old schoolhouses in the village, one dating from 1849 and the other from 1911. In 1946 there were 84 houses in the village, occupied by 384 people who mostly run family farms with no additionally employed labour. The farmed crop was mostly potatoes, carrots, onions, and beetroot; the primary fertilizer was seaweed. As of the 2011 census, Fahamore townland had a population of 122. At the time of the census, in April 2011, 47 houses in the townland were occupied, while 44 were vacant.
Townlands and villages near Fahamore, on the Maharees peninsula, include Cutteen, Garrywilliam, Barr na Duiche, Ceann Duiche and Kilshanig. Access to the beach at Brandon Bay is via the Point Gap and Maherabeg Cut.[citation needed]