Feeny of Carranduff, Sligo

Carranduff (in Irish, An Corrán Dubh, meaning "the black crescent" or "the black hook"), is in the parish of Kilglass on the north coast of Sligo.  You can find more info about the townland at this link:  https://www.townlands.ie/sligo/tireragh/kilglass/kilglass/carranduff/

I don't know the origin of the name, but interestingly the parish as a whole is shaped a bit like a sickle or hook.

At the above link, there are links to other records, such as Griffith's Valuation.  I checked that link, and there was only one Feeny listed as a tenant in Carranduff, Owen Feeny.  Perhaps he was the father of your James, or an older brother.

The parish records for Kilglass which are available online go back to 1825 and, unlike most parishes, they include a register of deaths, along with the usual registers of baptisms and marriages.  You can find the records at this link:  https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0750

I thought I would add, in case you're interested, that the (O')Feen(e)y surname originated in northern Connacht, probably a bit further south in Sligo and Roscommon.  According to MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland, the older form of the name in Irish was Ó Feinneadha, and the more modern form is Ó Fiannaidhe, both meaning "descendant of the soldiers", and they were a sept (a branch, or a "seed") of the royal Uí Fiachrach dynasty, about which Wikipedia has an interesting article at this link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Fiachrach

The surname Feeney is also found in Galway, but MacLysaght says they may be a branch of the one mentioned above.

Thank you, Kevin45sfl.  I appreciate your response!