[7] Another local tradition, recorded by the Irish Office of the Ordnance Survey in the 1830s, states that the 'castle' may have been built for Dr William Bedell, who served as the Church of Ireland Bishop of Kilmore in the 1630s and early 1640s.

[8] The ruins of the fortified house now sit in a small field, directly behind a modern farmhouse, just off a sideroad in the townland of Corratrasna, quite near Knockninny Methodist Church.

Ulsterbus route 58 from Enniskillen to Belturbet via Kinawley also serves Derrylin several times a day Mondays to Saturdays.

Products are exported world wide and it is not unusual for a Derrylin exile on a building site in London or New York to handle a bag of cement or an insulation panel made by a relative from their native village.

Other local businesses include; McCaffrey Quarries, Ernecast (Precast concrete products), Crust'n'Crumb, which makes pizzas, Teemore Engineering, Steel Solutions, Ernco Signs, Erne Lifting, A1 Transport(Road Haulage), Eco Systems Direct (Solar Energy), Gilleece Crane Hire, Erne Concrete Pumping, Total IT Solutions, McCorry Agri Supplies, JP Corry Hardware, Blake's Pub and restaurant, Knockninny Country House and Marina, JM Engineering (Pig Pens and Lorry Accessories), Drumm Engineering, Barrett's Bathrooms & Tiles, Malone and Smyth Kitchens and Furniture and Lunneys Furniture Sales.

There is an extensive range of small family-run businesses and local services in the village, including garages and fuel supplies, supermarkets, convenience stores, off licences, hair and beauty parlours, opticians, accountants, pharmacy, medical centre, dentists, childcare, churches and sheltered housing for senior citizens.

In 2023 a fully lit one kilometre tarmac walking track was constructed around the perimeter of the club grounds in O’Connell Park.