Fartrin
townland in Carn, County Cavan, Ireland
Fartrin is a townland in the parish of Tomregan, barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. It is 3 km south of Ballyconnell.
Etymology
The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Far Druim which means 'The Outer or External Hill or Ridge". Alternative meanings which have been suggested are Fert-in meaning "The Small Tumulus" or 'The Grave Point or Portion'. The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is in the Cavan Poll Book of 1761, which spells it as Fartrin. Leets Directory of 1814 spells it as Fartren and an 1830 sketch map spells it as Farterum.
Geography
It is bounded on the north by Slievebrickan townland, on the east by Cloncollow and Mullynagolman townlands, on the south by Aghaweenagh and Clontygrigny townlands and on the west by Killarah and Agharaskilly townlands. Its chief geographical features are Togher Lough on its eastern boundary and several small drumlin hills reaching to 200 feet (61 m) above sea-level. Fartrin is traversed by the Killeshandra road, the Bellaheady road and some minor lanes. The townland covers 280 acres (1.1 km2) statute, including 10 acres (40,000 m2) of water.
The public source identifies “Fartrin” as townland in Carn, County Cavan, Ireland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fartrin, townland and Carn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2807329. Authority coordinates are 54.085, -7.588. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1761, 1814 and 1830.
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This entry incorporates text from “Fartrin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.