The township derives its name as an older variant spelling of Fanad, County Donegal from early Irish settlement in the area.
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Others with Calvagh were his son Con and Walter McSweeney who had brought two company’s of gallowglasses of the McSweeney’s of Fanad, also there was Donnell Gorm McSweeney and his followers who were the descendants of Donnell.
The Ó Breisleáin were natives of Fanad, County Donegal, and a branch of the family later became brehons to the Maguire of County Fermanagh