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Derrylin

Doire Loinn

The Blake family’s commercial records connect a Derrylin shop with suppliers and services across Fermanagh.

Recorded locationDerrylin54.19804° N · 7.56903° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

doire(oak-)wood, grove, thicket

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Doire Loinn · Irish · main form
  • Derrylin · English · main form

Place & story

A shop on Chapel Street

Fermanagh and Omagh’s museum service dates the beginnings of the Blake family business to a grocery shop opened on Chapel Street, Derrylin, in 1880. The family donated a collection of receipts, now catalogued online. They preserve purchases and payments involving businesses in Enniskillen and the surrounding district, adding everyday commercial evidence to the history of the village. [2]

A dated transaction

One surviving receipt, dated 28 May 1938, records William Blake’s purchase of goods from Enniskillen Bonded Store Limited. The museum credits Pat Blake of Derrylin and Enniskillen as its donor. The catalogue identifies the purchaser and supplier but does not list the goods in its description. This small document links the local family business to a named commercial firm beyond Derrylin. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Fermanagh
Civil parish
Kinawley
Coordinates
54.19804, -7.56903
Mapped area
0.61 km²
Logainm ID
59803 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Derrylin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. The Blake Family Business Collection · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Museum and Heritage Service
  3. Receipt, Enniskillen Bonded Store Limited, 28 May 1938, FCM_2023_129.001 · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Museum and Heritage Service
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.