Derrintony

Derrintony is a townland in the Civil Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Knockninny, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename “Doire an Tonnaigh” which means ‘The Oakwood of the Rampart’. The oldest surviving mention of the name is in a grant dated 14 October 1612 where it is spelled ‘Derrintory’. Spellings in later grants are 1629 – Derrenteine, 1747- Dirintony & Derrintony, 1753- Derrintony, 1759- Derrintony and 1767- Derrintony.

It is bounded on the north by Drumshimuck townland, on the east by Drumany More & Derryart townlands, on the south by Garvary townland and on the west by Aghindisert, Gortaree & Aghintra townlands. Its chief geographical features are the Duvoge River and a drumlin hill reaching to 70 metres above sea-level.

The townland is traversed by Derrintony Lane.

Derrintony covers an area of 148 statute acres. The townland formed part of the ballybethagh of Calvagh in medieval times. At the beginning of the 17th century it was owned jointly by Bryan McPhilip O’Reyly and Edward Rutlidge but was confiscated by the Crown in the 1609 Ulster Plantation and it formed part of the half-territory of Aughrin which was granted to Sir Hugh Culme in 1610. Culme later relinquished his claim to the Crown, perhaps because there was confusion at the time as to whether the townland formed part of County Fermanagh or County Cavan. By an order of the Lord Deputy dated 14 October 1612 the townland was granted, inter alia, to Lady Margaret O’Neill, the widow of Sir Hugh Maguire deceased. The population of the townland in the 1841 census was 36. Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists fifteen occupiers in the townland^[1]. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are five families listed in the townland.^[2]

The only historic site in the townland is an old foot-stick over the Duvoge River.

References

1. ^ Derrintony "Griffith’s Valuation 1857". http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=1612912&county=Fermanagh&barony=Knockninny&parish=Tomregan&townland=Derrintony. 
2. ^ "Census of Ireland 1911". http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Fermanagh/Aghyoule/Derrintory/. 

External links

• The IreAtlas Townland Data Base