Finnoe

Finnoe (Fionnú in Irish) [1] is a civil parish in the barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located close to Borrisokane.

Finnoe is in the Dáil constituency of Laois-Offaly which incorporates 24 electoral divisions that were previously in the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[2]

The parish is mentioned in The Pogues song "Broad Majestic Shannon" from their 1988 album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God".

Notable residents, past and present
  • Sir Henry Givens Burgess (1859–1937) was an Irish railway executive and politician who lived at Finnoe House.
  • Edward Waller (1803–1873) was a land owner, zoologist and barrister who owned Finnoe House.[3]
  • John Francis Waller (1809–1894) was an Irish poet and editor who lived at Finnoe House.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  2. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford - Tipperary - Laois - Offaly - Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
  3. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/index.htm
  4. http://www.rds.ie/cat_historic_member_detail.jsp?itemID=1101930&item_name=%5B%5D


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