Cnoc Sheáin Fhinn

Cnoc Sheáin Fhinn—the Hill of fair Sean—derives from the Irish hill-name element cnoc combined with the personal name Seáin (Sean) qualified by the epithet fionn (fair or light-haired). The townland sits within Carnew Civil Parish in the Barony of Scarawalsh, a region steeped in medieval Irish history and marked by continuous settlement from the early Christian period onward. Scarawalsh barony ...