Boggy field in Faus townland, Co. Roscommon

Faus townland

 

Faus townland

Location of ringfort in Faus townland

http://webgis.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?SMRS=RO010-042----

It is suggested in logainm.ie that Faus may translate as 'wilderness'.

https://www.logainm.ie/en/42836?s=Faus

Wilderness it might appear to some but 100 years ago over 70 people lived in the townland http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Roscommon/Croghan/Faus/

https://www.townlands.ie/roscommon/boyle/estersnow/croghan/faus/

 

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