Fartrin

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".

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.

However, in the Ulster Plantation of 1609, Agharaskilly it is depicted on the Baronial Map as a separate townland from the Tomregan Church lands.

Bedell petitioned Lord Viscount Falkland, The Lord Deputy of Ireland in August 1629 as follows: Sir Edward Bagshaw, Knight, since the death of the late bishop, in the vacancy of the said sees hath entered upon two poles of land called Agarosikilly, parcel of the Termon of the see of Kilmore, whereof your petitioner's predecessor died seised.

Your Petitioner humbly prayeth that he may be restored to the possession of the said lands enjoyed by his predecessor, and kept in the same, till the said Sir Edward Bagshaw shall show reason to the contrary to this Board.

[3] However Bedell's suit either must have failed or the intervening 1641 Rebellion prevented it continuing because we find on 28 May 1654 Sir Edward Bagshaw gave the townland to his daughter Anne as part of her dowry on her marriage to Thomas Richardson of Dublin, son of John Richardson, Bishop of Ardagh (1580–1654).

[5] The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Early, McKernan, McPartland, Gillece, Smyth, Reilly, Maxwell, Halliday, McGuire, O'Donnell.

[7] Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists the landlords of the townland as Major J.Bayley and Jones & the tenants as Bayley, Smith, Donohoe, Reilly, O'Donnell, Galeese, Murphy, Halliday, Gately, Coaboy, Early and McGinn.