placenamesBunnanaddan
Bun an Fheadáin
Bunnanaddan’s former school preserves the layout of nineteenth-century education, while Bunninadden GAA records generations of local sporting activity.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Bun an Fheadáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Bunnanaddan · English · main form
- Bunanadden · English · main form · local name
- Buninadden · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The schoolhouse dated 1883
The former national school at Ballynaraw South bears a plaque dated 1883, although an earlier school already appeared here on the first-edition Ordnance Survey map. Enda O'Flaherty's architectural field account describes adjoining classroom blocks with separate gabled entrance porches, preserving the division between boys' and girls' accommodation. His March 2016 visit recorded the building's disused condition and surviving painted interiors, rather than a functioning school. [2]
The club founded by Marren and O’Dowd
Andrew Marren and John O'Dowd founded Bunninadden GAA in 1886. The club won a senior county championship in 1891, but its second senior title came only in 2000, when a late goal by Padraig Doohan secured victory over Coolera Strandhill. The club's history also records the opening of its community park in 1995. Its sporting district extends beyond the village to Doocastle and Killavil. [3]
Pat Hunt’s playing career
Pat Hunt represented Bunninadden across a playing career stretching from the 1950s into the 1980s. The county association's tribute records his junior championship medals with the club in 1953, 1963, 1973 and 1979. He also played midfield for Mullinabreena's senior county champions in 1958 and represented Sligo in the Connacht senior championships of 1960–62. These achievements place a named local player within both club and county history. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Sligo
- Barony
- Corran
- Civil parish
- Cloonoghil
- Within
- Ballynaraw South
- Coordinates
- 54.05555, -8.61086 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 134414 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bunnanaddan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bunnanaddan National School,Ballynaraw South,16March2016 · Enda O’Flaherty,Disused School Houses
- Bunninadden GAA:History · Bunninadden GAA
- We regret the passing of Pat Hunt,RIP,5December2011 · Tommy Kilcoyne,Sligo GAA
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.