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Mount Darby is a townland in South-Eastern County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Etymology

It is worth noting that there is a hill in the area called Mounty Darby, however, we have not found any records of how or why it came to be named.

While researching this townland we found a reference to a townland called Kildermott which would suggest a church in the area. However, no evidence seems to exist.

1823 Church of Ireland Census

The following is an extract from a survey of the North-West Division of Clones Parish.

Name	Sons	Daughters
Johnston, John & Mary	0	2
Johnston, William & Mary	1	0
Johnston, (Widow)	0	3
Fox, (Widow)	1	1

Griffiths Valuation 1862

Occupier	Lessor	Tenement
John Graham	Robert Mayne	House, Offices & Land
Patrick Smith	John Graham	House
John Venson	John Graham	House
Francis Johnston	Robert Mayne	House (In progress) & Land
Unoccupied	Francis Johnston	House
George Wiggins	Francis Johnston	House
Unoccupied	Francis Johnston	House
Margaret Fox	Francis Johnston	House

1901 Census

Head of Family	Landholder (if different)
John Kells	William Johnston
Margaret Johnston
John Graham

Surnames in 2005

Howe
Lovett

Former Residents

Downey

Absentee Landlord

The landlord of both Strananerriagh and Mount Darby was Robert Mayne who lived in Dublin. The Mary J.S.Woodwright in the Turbary documents was a daughter. In the following Irish Land Commission document she is joined by two others probably other relatives.

Land Commission

This document was lent to us by the Howe family. It relates to his farm in Mount Darby which in 1901 Census was occupied by John Graham. Like the vast majority of farmers in Ireland at that time he did not own his farm as nowadays but rented it from a landlord. One of the provisions of the 1881 Land Act was to set up a Land Commission which fixed a fair rent by arbitration. The rent for Mr Grahams’farm of 32a:1r:32p in Mount Darby was £11.0.0 before he successfully appealed.

William Johnston

Wm Johnston whose farm was next along the road and who was a schoolboy when Graham’s were there.

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-|unitary_northern_ireland= [[Fermanagh District Council|Fermanagh]]
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-|dial_code=         028 677 51
-|constituency_westminster= [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
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 '''Mount Darby''' is a townland in South-Eastern [[wp:County Fermanagh|County Fermanagh]], [[wp:Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]].
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 While researching this townland we found a reference to a townland called [[Kildermott]] which would suggest a church in the area.  However, no evidence seems to exist.
+==1823 Church of Ireland Census==
+The following is an extract from a survey of the North-West Division of Clones Parish.
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Name!!Sons!!Daughters
+|-
+|Johnston, John & Mary||0||2
+|-
+|Johnston, William & Mary||1||0
+|-
+|Johnston, (Widow)||0||3
+|-
+|Fox, (Widow)||1||1
+|-
+|}
 ==Griffiths Valuation 1862==
 {|class="wikitable"
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 ==1901 Census==
-Head of Family……………….Name of Landholder if different
+{|class="wikitable"
-John Kells……………………………Wm Johnston
+!Head of Family!!Landholder (if different)
-Margaret Johnston
+|-
-John Graham
+|John Kells||William Johnston
+|-
+|Margaret Johnston||
+|-
+|John Graham||
+|-
+|}
 ==Surnames in 2005==
-    Howe                                Lovett
+*Howe
-Former Residents    Downey
+*Lovett
+Former Residents
+*Downey
 ==Absentee Landlord==
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 ==Land Commission==
 [[Image:LandCommissionDoc.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Document from the Land Commission]]
-This document was lent to us by Mr Keith Howe.  It relates to his farm in Mount Darby which in 1901 Census was occupied by John Graham. Like the vast majority of farmers in Ireland at that time he did not own his farm as nowadays but rented it from a landlord. One of the provisions of the 1881 Land Act was to set up a Land Commission which fixed a fair rent by arbitration.  The rent for Mr Grahams’farm of 32a:1r:32p in Mount Darby was £11.0.0 before he successfully appealed.
+This document was lent to us by the Howe family.  It relates to his farm in Mount Darby which in 1901 Census was occupied by John Graham. Like the vast majority of farmers in Ireland at that time he did not own his farm as nowadays but rented it from a landlord. One of the provisions of the 1881 Land Act was to set up a Land Commission which fixed a fair rent by arbitration.  The rent for Mr Grahams’farm of 32a:1r:32p in Mount Darby was £11.0.0 before he successfully appealed.
 ===William Johnston===
 [[Image:WmJohnston.jpg|200px|thumb|right|William Johnston]]
 Wm Johnston whose farm was next along the road and who was a schoolboy when Graham’s were there.