Tamney

Tamney, also known as Tawney or Tawny (Irish: An Tamhnaigh), is a small village and townland in Fanad in County Donegal, Ireland. It was the only postal town of the peninsula of Fanad (or Fannet/Fannett) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when the region had a population of about 10,000. Tawny townland, which has an area of approximately 0.96 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi), had a population of 40 people as of the 2011 census.

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a bullaun stone (in Tawny townland) and a ringfort (in Croaghan). St Columba's Catholic Church (in Croaghan) was built c. 1780, with St. Columba's Parochial House (Tawny) built c. 1885. The local national school, St Davadogs 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.

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