Derrymeen
Derrymeen is a townland in South-East County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
DERRYMEEN (oak wood of the grassland) Early Record: 1611 granted to Robert Calvert Area 151 acres
Etymology
Irish: Doire Mín ‘smooth oak wood’
- 1609 - Dirrimeene - Escheated Counties Map
- 1611 - Derrymeene - Cal. Patent Rolls Jas I p.211b
- 1641 - Derrymeene - Ulster Inquisitions $54 Car. I
Griffiths Valuation 1862
| Occupier | Lessor | Tenement |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard McQuillan | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices and Land |
| Bernard Sullivan | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices and Land |
| William Nixon | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices, and Land |
| William Moore | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices, and Land |
| John Johnston | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices, and Land |
| Margaret Alford | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices, and Land |
| Maria Armstrong | Frederick Nixon | Land |
| Thomas Mulligan | Frederick Nixon | House, Offices, and Land |
Calvert’s grant passed to Bishop Heygate but apparently this too was split up among several landowners.
1901 Census
Head of family…………………………………..Landholder if different Elizabeth Maguire Felix Curran William Moore John Johnston James Noble………………………………………………. Thomas McGarvey of Drumbarry
Surnames in 2005
Johnston
The Mile Road
This townland was to have been the site of an extension to the Mile Road at Newtownbutler. That road was built in famine times as relief work and was to have extended on through Kilmore townland to reach the Carneyhome Road. This would have shortened the journey for those walking to Newtownbutler. At that time the lane from Henry Johnston’s farm came down to the Carneyhome Road and the new road would have followed roughly the line of it across Derrymeen to the Cloghagaddy road. There used to be a clay bank in a field beside that road marking where the new road would join but nothing more was done and the Mile Road extension was never finished either. The Johnston family of that time built their own lane out to the main road.