Tamney

Tamney, also known as Tawney or Tawny, is a small village and townland in Fanad in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. It was the only postal town of the peninsula of Fanad in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Tawny townland, which has an area of approximately, had a population of 40 people as of the 2011 census.
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a bullaun stone and a ringfort. St Columba's Catholic Church was built, with St. Columba's Parochial House built. The local national school, St Davaddog's or Tamney National School, had an enrollment of 30 pupils as of 2024.
In 1904, Seumas MacManus wrote a one-act play The Townland of Tamney.