Drumyarkin

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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.

Tithe Applotment Books 1832

The National Archives of Ireland - Tithe Applotment Books - Drumyarkin

Griffiths Valuation 1862

Ask Ireland - Griffith Valuation - Drumyarkin

Census of 1901

The National Archives of Ireland - Census of 1901 - Drumyarkin

Census of 1911

The National Archives of Ireland - Census of 1911 - Drumyarkin