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Boats moored at the Round O quay on the Erne in Enniskillen, with town buildings along the far bank

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The 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.

Six of the twenty places on our County Fermanagh list are in or near Enniskillen: Lough Erne, Devenish Island, Enniskillen Castle, Castle Coole, Monea Castle and Portora Castle. That is a lake, a monastic site, three castles and a house and garden between them. Below you will find two more places from Northern Ireland's heritage records.

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6 places in and around Enniskillen.

  1. An old stone jetty running out into Lower Lough Erne under an orange evening skyLough 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.
  2. The round tower on Devenish Island standing over green grass with Lough Erne behind itDevenish 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.
  3. The keep of Enniskillen Castle with its two corner turrets rising above the curtain wallEnniskillen CastleCastle · EnniskillenThe Maguires built it on the River Erne almost 600 years ago. It holds two museums now, Fermanagh County Museum and the Inniskillings Museum.
  4. The long pale front of Castle Coole with its columned portico and colonnaded wings across a lawnCastle CooleHouse and gardens · EnniskillenJames Wyatt designed this Portland stone house for the Earls of Belmore in the 1790s, on high ground above Lough Coole just outside Enniskillen.
  5. The two round towers of Monea Castle rising above a low stone wall under a blue skyMonea 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.
  6. A ruined round tower of Portora Castle and the bawn wall running down to the River ErnePortora CastleCastle · EnniskillenSir William Cole built it in 1613 where the river meets Lough Erne. Two tall round towers of the house still stand, with gun loops in their walls.

More to see in Enniskillen

From Northern Ireland’s heritage records and other public sources.

  1. Aghanaglack Dual Court TombAncient site · Enniskillen
  2. St Macartin's CathedralAbbey or church · Enniskillen

More from the Fermanagh list

  1. A lit walkway running beside dark water between cave walls and hanging formations in the Marble Arch CavesMarble 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.
  2. The wooden boardwalk running out across brown bog grass towards a wide view of the Fermanagh lowlandsCuilcagh 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.
  3. The grey stone front of Florence Court with its arcaded wing running off to the sideFlorence 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.
  4. Eight carved stone figures set in a row into the wall of the ruined church on White IslandWhite 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.
  5. The two faced carved stone figure in Caldragh graveyard, lichen on its face, with old grave markers behind itBoa 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.
  6. The roofless stone house of Tully Castle behind the low walls of its bawnTully CastleCastle · DerrygonnellyA fortified house and bawn on Tully Point on the shore of Lower Lough Erne, burned in 1641 and never lived in again. A restored farmhouse beside it holds an exhibition.

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