Derryvore

Derryvore Quay - Upper Loch Erne

Derryvore (from Irish: Doire Mhór, meaning "great oak-wood")[1] is a hamlet and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on a small peninsula in Upper Lough Erne. Its landscape includes many fens and reedbeds in Erne valley.[2]

The Derryvore 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Placenames NI
  2. ↑ "Landscape Character Areas in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  3. ↑ "Introduction: Erne Papers" (PDF). Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. November 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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Coordinates: 54°9′N 7°28′W / 54.150°N 7.467°W / 54.150; -7.467


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