Carrickmacross with Magheracloone and Ardragh Group of Parishes

History
Farney
The area occupied by the current Group of Parishes: Carrickmacross, Donaghmoyne, Inniskeen, Killany, Magheracloone and Ardragh, roughly covers the area know in ancient times as Farney. Farney is an anglicised version of 'Fernmag' or 'the plain of the alder'. This was one of the five 'tuath' or petty kingdoms of Monagan which the Norman invaders incorporated into their administrative system as 'baronies'.
The history of Farney is too lengthy to be dealt with here and it is well covered on numerous other web-sites. We have some suggestions on the Links page.
As time goes on we will gather information about our church sites and parish areas. If anyone can send information we will be very happy to get it.

Parish Records
Except for those in current use, these are not available locally having been deposited with the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin.