CromTwo thousand acres of parkland and woods on the shore of Upper Lough Erne, with the ruin of an early 17th century castle and a pair of ancient yews beside it.
Castle
Castle Balfour
Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh
Sir James Balfour, a Scottish planter, built this T-plan castle from about 1618. It stands at the edge of Lisnaskea beside the old graveyard. Inside visits are by arrangement with the Department for Communities.
- Where
- Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh
- Official site
- communities-ni.gov.uk
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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CromTwo thousand acres of parkland and woods on the shore of Upper Lough Erne, with the ruin of an early 17th century castle and a pair of ancient yews beside it.
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Clones Round Tower and High CrossSeventy-five feet of round tower and a carved ninth century cross stand in the centre of Clones, off the monastery St Tiernach founded.
EnniskillenThe county town sits on an island in the River Erne, between the upper and lower loughs, with the Maguire castle on the water at its western end.
Enniskillen CastleThe Maguires built it on the River Erne almost 600 years ago. It holds two museums now, Fermanagh County Museum and the Inniskillings Museum.More in Fermanagh
Marble Arch CavesCave · FlorencecourtGuided tours go down into a river cave in the foothills of Cuilcagh, on built paths with the formations lit along the way.
Cuilcagh Boardwalk TrailWalk · FlorencecourtA gravel track and then a wooden boardwalk across blanket bog, finishing with a steep flight of steps up to a viewing platform on the edge of the Cuilcagh plateau.
Lough ErneLake · EnniskillenThe Erne widens into two loughs, the upper one south of Enniskillen and the lower one north of it, both scattered with wooded islands.
Devenish IslandMonastic site · EnniskillenSt Molaise founded a monastery on this island in the 6th century. The 12th century round tower still stands beside the church ruins, and the only way over is by boat.
Florence CourtHouse and gardens · FlorencecourtThe 18th century house of the Earls of Enniskillen sits under Cuilcagh, and the Irish yew in its woods is the tree every Irish yew was grown from.
White IslandMonastic site · IrvinestownA small church from around 1200 stands on an island in Castle Archdale Bay, with a row of carved stone figures set against its north wall that are older than the church.
Boa IslandIsland · KeshTwo carved stone figures stand in the old Caldragh graveyard on Boa Island, and the bigger one has a face and a body on each side.
Monea CastleCastle · EnniskillenFinished in 1619 for Malcolm Hamilton, the plantation castle northwest of Enniskillen stands almost to full height, with two round towers at the entrance. It stands on a working farm, and dogs are not allowed.