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'''Drumyarkin''' is a townland in South-East [[wp:County Fermanagh|County Fermanagh]], [[wp:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], a short distance West of the village of [[wp:Roslea|Roslea]]/[[wp:Rosslea|Rosslea]]. | '''Drumyarkin''' is a townland in South-East [[wp:County Fermanagh|County Fermanagh]], [[wp:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], a short distance West of the village of [[wp:Roslea|Roslea]]/[[wp:Rosslea|Rosslea]] and close to the boarder of [[wp:County_Monaghan|County Monaghan]], in the [[wp:Republic_of_Ireland|Republic of Ireland]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
* "O'Harkin's drum or hill-ridge." Page 137, "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 2", by Patrick Weston Joyce. Longmans, Green, and Co. Dublin, 1902. | * "O'Harkin's drum or hill-ridge." Page 137, "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 2", by Patrick Weston Joyce. Longmans, Green, and Co. Dublin, 1902. | ||
* "Yarkin's or O'Harkins ridge. O'Harkin = O'Dheargan [the red man]". Page 167, "Studies in the Topology of Galloway", by Herbert Maxwell. David Doublas, Edinburgh, 1887. | * "Yarkin's or O'Harkins ridge. O'Harkin = O'Dheargan [the red man]". Page 167, "Studies in the Topology of Galloway", by Herbert Maxwell. David Doublas, Edinburgh, 1887. | ||
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Drumyarkin is a townland in South-East County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, a short distance West of the village of Roslea/Rosslea and close to the boarder of County Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland.
Etymology
- "O'Harkin's drum or hill-ridge." Page 137, "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 2", by Patrick Weston Joyce. Longmans, Green, and Co. Dublin, 1902.
- "Yarkin's or O'Harkins ridge. O'Harkin = O'Dheargan [the red man]". Page 167, "Studies in the Topology of Galloway", by Herbert Maxwell. David Doublas, Edinburgh, 1887.