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'''Drumyarkin''' is a townland in South-East [[wp:County Fermanagh|County Fermanagh]], [[wp:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]].
'''Drumyarkin''' is a townland in South-East [[wp:County Fermanagh|County Fermanagh]], [[wp:Northern Ireland|Northern 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.

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Drumyarkin is a townland in South-East County Fermanagh, Northern 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.