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() Fartrin is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Loughtee Lower, County Cavan, Ireland. 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 "The Grave point or portion". The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is in Leets Directory of 1814, spelled "Fartren", and in a sketch map spelled 'Farterum'. ==Description== It is bounded on the north by Slievebrickan townland, on the east by Cloncollow & Mullynagolman townlands, on the south by Aghaweenagh & 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 above sea-level.〔(Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps )〕 Fartrin is traversed by the Killeshandra road, the Bellaheady road and some minor lanes.〔 The townland covers statute, including of water. In the Ulster Plantation Fartrin formed one of the two polls of Agharaskilly.〔http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8203476&queryType=1&resultcount=1〕 There are no historic sites in the townland apart from a prehistoric dug-out canoe buried under several feet of bog which was discovered in the 1940s by men cutting turf in Fartrin Bog. However the townland is an important area of ecological interest. Due to parts of it being low-lying it was once the bed of a lake and many shells and fossils litter the ground. The habitat supports a rich variety of rare wildlife and plants, including lizards, dragonflies and bogmoss (Sphagnum Imbricatum and Sphagnum austinii Sull. ex Aust.)〔http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/media/.../Sphagnum-Catalogue-Database.xl〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fartrin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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