Fintown

{{short description|Village in County Donegal, Ireland}}

{{About-distinguish|Fintown in Ireland|Finntown (Brooklyn, New York)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Use Irish English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Fintown

|native_name = {{Native name|ga|Baile na Finne|paren=omit}}

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = File:Fintown.jpg

|image_caption = Signage at the entrance to the village

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Ulster

|subdivision_type3 = County

|subdivision_name3 = County Donegal

|established_title =

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|leader_title1 = Dáil Éireann

|leader_name1 = Donegal

|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|coordinates = {{coord|54.8706|-8.1133|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_m = 169

|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference

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|footnotes = Baile na Finne is the only official name. The English name Fintown has no official status.

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Fintown (officially known by its Irish name, {{lang|ga|Baile na Finne}}{{cite web|url = http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf | website = commissioner.ie | title = Irish Placenames Order 2004}}) is a small village and townland on the banks of Lough Finn in County Donegal, Ireland. It is within the Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking area, in the west of the county. Overlooked by Aghla (589m, 1961 ft) and Screig Mountains, its main attraction is {{lang|ga|an Mhuc Dhubh}}, the Fintown Railway (Donegal's only operational narrow gauge railway), which runs along the length of Lough Finn.{{cite web|url = http://www.antraen.com/index.php | website = antraen.com | title = Fintown Railway website}} The village was named after a mythological woman, Fionngheal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.{{cite web|url=http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html |title=Fintown |access-date=2013-03-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728111120/http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html |archive-date=2012-07-28 | work = County Donegal on the Net }}