Fahan

A car was found burnt out a short distance away at Fahan just after the shooting.

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Motorists in the area were warned to be vigilant as a car was set alight in Fahan Street and a van was hijacked on the Leckey Road.

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In 1829 he became parish priest of Fahan, and applied himself to the suppression of agrarian secret societies, while appealing to the Government to protect the peasantry against the abuse of power by the local non-Catholic magistrates.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

In the ruined church of St. Mura at Fahan is a beautiful Irish cross, and not far off is St. Mura's Well.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Then I wandered round the wonderful forts of Fahan.

In Wicklow and West Kerry 1890

"From Fahan," said I, naming the town I had lately passed.

Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Fahan, pending the necessary inquiry, while two of the soldiers were to be left in the house to protect it and see to the wounded.

Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Fahan to bring one, and to take word of the murder.

Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"The roads were bad between this and Fahan," said I.

Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Presently, as it came to the afternoon, I left the mountain road and came on to the country road from Fahan to Derry.

Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872