Finnoe Explained

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.

See also

• List of civil parishes of County Tipperary

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 2013-05-22.
2. Web site: Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford - Tipperary - Laois - Offaly - Kildare area. Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
3. Web site: BEMON. 2021-08-02. www.tmbl.gu.se. 3 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903063212/https://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/index.htm. dead.