At the highest point of the townland of Derryvullan once stood a church with an adjoining graveyard, locally known as Old Derryvullan Graveyard.
There had been a church on this site for hundreds of years, and although records are scanty, there are reported rumours that the first church was erected in 1623, and later underwent repairs in 1679.
The interior of the old church was 27 feet wide, and the fourth wall carried the inscription date of 639 – however this was more likely to be 1639.
In 1852, a new church was commenced in the next townland of Mulrod, and when the new church was opened in 1854, the old church was ordered to be pulled down.
Within the remaining old church ruins, the gable of the east wall is still somewhat intact, and above the window a corbel stone of a human face is visible, which is likely from the pre-Reformation church.
An apex stone was on top of the right-hand gate post and the rainwater that fell in the hollow in the stone was said to be a cure for warts.
It was removed by someone unknown in the mid-1980s, but reappeared inside the gate in 2019, and was replaced to its proper stand by local men.
In 1914, Lady Dorothy Lowry-Corry, of Castle Coole, carried out a study and recorded the names on the graveyard headstones, the south-western corner of which was the burial place of many of the McManus clan.
The oldest stone she found was that of Neal Montgomery, who died in 1685, while the Corry family of Castle Coole, 1718, was also notable.
Of the weatherbeaten gravestones, many are still legible, although some are not, with the following some of the names and dates of those laid to rest there:
The Auchenleck of Thomastown 1785
The Collum of Tullyharney and Bellview 1790
The Denny of Derryvullan 1839
The Blacks of Clogcor 1800
The Carrothers of Bracky and Farnaght
John Charters son of Rev. Mark Chartres 17-
Irvine of Foxwood 1726
Watkins of Derrybrusk 1811
Crawfords of Carrowmacmea 1731
Boardman of Coolbeg 17-
McCahey 1738
Jeffers of Enniskillen 1783
Wilson 1776
There are also many fine Irish yew trees throughout the grounds, that have been under the care of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, formerly Fermanagh District Council, for more than 100 years.
While the church is now a crumbling ruin, the overgrown grounds with their gently rustling trees and nodding ivy leaves still offer a calm spot for quiet reflection to all who may stop by the site for a moment, today.
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