The history of Barna
Middens and forts, the house of 1778, Nimmo's quay, the co-operative, the Olympic rower, the growth. 6 moments, in order.
- Early times
Middens and forts
Shell middens, ringforts, holy wells and castle sites lie in the townlands of Barna, Knockaunnacarragh, Derryloney and Truskey.
- 1778
Barna House
The large Georgian house in Barna townland was built.
- 1820s
Nimmo's quay
The quay was built to the engineer Alexander Nimmo's designs.
- 1976
The co-operative
Comharchumann Bearna Teoranta was formed after funds were raised to buy two acres at Troscaigh Thiar for the community; a tennis court and pitch and putt course followed.
- 2008
An Olympian
Cormac Folan of Freeport rowed for Ireland in the coxless four at the Beijing Games.
- 2011 to 2022
Growing
The village had 1,878 people in 2011, at nearly a thousand to the square kilometre, and 2,336 by 2022.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Barna", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.