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 border of County Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

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.
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.

Land Holder's Names	Area (A-R-P)	Rate Per Acre (s.d)	Yearly Tithe (£.s.d)
John Gordon	14 - 0 - 27	1 - 5	1 - 0 - 1/2
Thomas Johnston	2 - 1 - 8	1 - 3	0 - 2 - 10 1/2
James Beggin	20 - 0 - 8	1 - 5	1 - 8 - 4 1/2
George Maywood (?)	6 - 0 - 20	1 - 5	0 - 8 - 8
James Johnston	3 - 0 - 0	1 - 3	0 - 3 - 9
Robert Johnston	2 - 1 - 8	1 - 3	0 - 2 - 10 1/2
TOWNLAND TOTALS	47 - 3 - 31	-	3 - 6 - 7