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Drumsloe is a locality and 
Ballinamallard History
townland
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in the Barony of Tirkennedy
Tirkennedy () is a barony in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. To its west lies Lower Lough Erne and south Upper Lough Erne, and it is bordered by seven other baronies: Clanawley and Magheraboy to the west; Lurg and Omagh East to the north; Clo ...
in Northern Ireland, just east
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Etymology
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of Ballinamallard
Ballinamallard or Bellanamallard (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 172. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,364 people in the 2021 C ...
town
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ship in Magheracross
Magheracross is a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It extends in area from just north of Enniskillen to the border with County Tyrone and includes a small enclave in County Tyrone. The ...
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Drumsloe is 240.77 acres in area.
History
Drumsloe is known as early as 1609 AD when it was known as ''Dromslo'', a name that may be from ''Druim Sluagh'' meaning ''ridge of the hosts''. TheGriffith's Valuation
Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868.
Griffith's background
Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806–1807 valuing terrain through the examin ...
of 1863 indicates a school was located in Drumsloe.
Significant landmarks include drumsloe lough, where illegal distillery on Drumsloe Island was operated for some time in the early 19th century.References