Derryvore Explained

Derryvore [1] is the name of three townlands in Northern Ireland.

Derryvore, Kinawley

This Derryvore is located in the civil parish of Kinawley in County Fermanagh.[2] It lies on a small peninsula in Upper Lough Erne. Its landscape includes many fens and reedbeds in Erne valley.[3] The area first was a part of the Crom Estate, which according to a map survey done in 1719 and 1721 included the townlands of Derrybeg West, Corraharra, and Derryvore.

It includes a Trinity Church (known locally as Crom Church), commissioned by John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne. It was built in 1842 and expanded to include towers in the 1880s.[4]

Derryvore, Enniskillen

This Derryvore is located in the civil parish of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.[5]

Derryvore, Seagoe

This Derryvore is located in the civil parish of Seagoe in County Armagh.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derryvore, County Fermanagh . Placenames NI . 6 March 2020 .
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/en/59805 Place Names Database of Ireland - Derryvore, Kinawley
  3. Web site: Landscape Character Areas in Northern Ireland . 2009-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050323172606/http://www.qub.ac.uk/ep/research/span/resources/SPAN-LandscapeCharacterArea.pdf . 23 March 2005 .
  4. Web site: Introduction: Erne Papers. https://archive.today/20121209165439/http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_erne_d1939.pdf. dead. 9 December 2012. November 2007. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland . 2009-03-10.
  5. http://www.logainm.ie/en/61108 Place Names Database of Ireland - Derryvore, Enniskillen
  6. http://www.logainm.ie/en/56438 Place Names Database of Ireland - Derryvore, Seagoe

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