Traces of Iron Age habitation can be found on the promontory forts of Garrarus, Islandkeane, Kilfarassy and Woodstown.

They retained ownership of church house and its lands until King Henry VIII of England's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

The first church in Fenor village was built in the early 19th century, possibly before 1826, on lands donated by Lord de la Poer of Gurteen, Kilsheelin.

Owned by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council[3] it was designated as Waterford's first National Nature Reserve in 2004.

During the 2016 heatwaves in Ireland, Fenor Bog suffered a major natural wildfire incident that was contained by the Waterford Fire Department, leaving some of its area permanently burned.