County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the
thirty-two counties of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, one of the nine counties of
Ulster
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and one of
six counties of
Northern Ireland
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.
The county covers an area of and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021.
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
is the
county town
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county, and the place where public representatives are elected to parliament. Following the establishment of county councils in ...
and largest in both size and population.
Fermanagh is one of four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of its population from a
Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
background, according to the
2011 census.
Geography

Fermanagh spans an area of 1,851 km
2 (715 sq; mi), accounting for 13.2% of the landmass of Northern Ireland. Nearly a third of the county is covered by lakes and waterways, including Upper and Lower
Lough Erne and the
River Erne
The River Erne ( , or ''An Éirne'') in the northwest of the island of Ireland, is the second-longest river in Ulster, flowing through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and forming part of their border.
Course
The Erne rises on ...
. Forests cover 14% of the landmass (42,000 hectares). It is the only county in Northern Ireland that does not border
Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh ( ; ) is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles. It has a surface area of and is about long and wide. According to Northern Ireland Water, it supplies 4 ...
.
The county has three prominent upland areas:
* the expansive
West Fermanagh Scarplands to the southwest of Lough Erne, which rise to about 350m,
* the
Sliabh Beagh hills, situated to the east on the Monaghan border, and
* the Cuilcagh mountain range, located along Fermanagh's southern border, which contains
Cuilcagh, the county's highest point, at 665m.
The county borders:
*
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh.
Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...
to the north-east,
*
County Monaghan
County Monaghan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of Border Region, Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town ...
to the south-east,
*
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...
to the south-west,
*
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim, County Leitr ...
to the west, and
*
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
to the north-west.
Fermanagh is by far the least populous of Northern Ireland's six counties, with just over one-third the population of
Tyrone, the next least populous county.
It is approximately from
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
and from
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
. The county town, Enniskillen, is the largest settlement in Fermanagh, situated in the middle of the county.
The county enjoys a
temperate
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oceanic climate
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(''Cfb) with cool winters, mild humid summers, and a lack of temperature extremes, according to the
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
.
The
manages three sites of historic and natural beauty in the county:
Crom Estate,
Florence Court, and
Castle Coole.
Geology
The oldest sediments in the county are found north of Lough Erne. These so-called
red beds
Red beds (or redbeds) are sedimentary rocks, typically consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and shale, that are predominantly red in color due to the presence of ferric oxides. Frequently, these red-colored sedimentary strata locally contain t ...
were formed approximately 550 million years ago. Extensive
sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
can be found in the eastern part of the county, laid down during the
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
, 400 million years ago. Much of the rest of the county's sediments are
shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of Clay mineral, clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., Kaolinite, kaolin, aluminium, Al2Silicon, Si2Oxygen, O5(hydroxide, OH)4) and tiny f ...
and
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
dating from the
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
, 354 to 298 million years ago. These softer sediments have produced extensive cave systems such as the
Shannon Cave, the
Marble Arch Caves and the
Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills. The carboniferous shale exists in several counties of northwest Ireland, an area known colloquially as the
Lough Allen basin. The basin is estimated to contain 9.4 trillion cubic metres of
natural gas
Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...
, equivalent to 1.5 billion
barrels of oil.
The county is situated over a sequence of prominent faults, primarily the
Killadeas – Seskinore Fault, the
Tempo – Sixmilecross Fault, the
Belcoo Fault and the
Clogher Valley Fault which cross-cuts Lough Erne.
History
The Menapii are the only known Celtic tribe specifically named on
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ...
's 150 AD map of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, where they located their first colony—Menapia—on the
Leinster
Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
coast . They later settled around
Lough Erne, becoming known as the Fir Manach, and giving their name to
Fermanagh and
Monaghan
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony.
The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...
.
Mongán mac Fiachnai, a 7th-century King of
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
, is the protagonist of several legends linking him with
Manannán mac Lir. They spread across
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
, evolving into historic Irish (also Scottish and Manx) clans.
The
Annals of Ulster
The ''Annals of Ulster'' () are annals of History of Ireland, medieval Ireland. The entries span the years from 431 AD to 1540 AD. The entries up to 1489 AD were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luin� ...
which cover medieval Ireland between AD 431 to AD 1540 were written at Belle Isle on
Lough Erne near
Lisbellaw.
In the early 9th century, the Erne was considered to be the boundary of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
and
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
, specifically the over-kingdom of
Airgíalla. The Fir Manach proper,
Tirkennedy and
Magherastephana, along with
Clankelly were part of the western Airgíalla group-kingdom of Uí Creamthainn with its seat at
Clogher, whereas
Lurg was associated with the northern Airgíalla branch of Uí Fiachrach centred at
Ardstraw.
Fermanagh was a stronghold of the
Maguire clan and Donn Carrach Maguire (died 1302) was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty. However, on the confiscation of lands relating to
Hugh Maguire, Fermanagh was divided in a similar manner to the other five escheated counties among Scottish and English undertakers and native Irish. The baronies of
Knockninny and
Magheraboy were allotted to Scottish undertakers, those of
Clankelly,
Magherastephana and
Lurg to English undertakers and those of
Clanawley,
Coole, and
Tyrkennedy, to servitors and natives. The chief families to benefit under the new settlement were the families of Cole, Blennerhasset, Butler, Hume, and Dunbar.
Fermanagh was made into a county by a statute of Elizabeth I, but it was not until the time of the
Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ) was the organised Settler colonialism, colonisation (''Plantation (settlement or colony), plantation'') of Ulstera Provinces of Ireland, province of Irelandby people from Great ...
that it was finally brought under civil government.
The closure of all the lines of
Great Northern Railway (Ireland) within County Fermanagh in 1957 left the county as the first non-island county in the UK without a railway service.
Administration
The county was administered by
Fermanagh County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. With the creation of Northern Ireland's district councils,
Fermanagh District Council became the only one of the 26 that contained all of the county from which it derived its name. After the re-organisation of local government in 2015, Fermanagh was still the only county wholly within one council area, namely
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, albeit that it constituted only a part of that entity.
For the purposes of elections to the UK Parliament, the territory of Fermanagh is part of the
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency. This constituency elected
Provisional IRA
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...
hunger-striker Bobby Sands as a member of parliament in the
April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, shortly before his death.
Demographics
2011 census
On Census Day (27 March 2011), the usually resident population of
Fermanagh Local Government District, the borders of the district were very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, was 61,805. Of these:
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*0.93% were from an ethnic minority population and the remaining 99.07% were white (including Irish Traveller)
*59.16% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 37.78% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion
*37.20% indicated that they had a British national identity, 36.08% had an Irish national identity and 29.53% had a Northern Irish national identity
2021 Census
On Census Day (2021), the usually resident population of
Fermanagh Local Government District, the borders of the district were very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, was 63,585. Of these:
*58.8% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 35.5% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion.
Community background and religion
Ethnicity
Country of birth
Main languages
Knowledge of Irish
* In County Fermanagh, 1.91% claim to use Irish daily and 0.22% claim that Irish is their main language.
Knowledge of Ulster Scots
* 0.99% claim to use Ulster Scots daily in County Fermanagh.
National identity
Industry and tourism
Agriculture and tourism are two of the most important industries in Fermanagh. The main types of farming in the area are beef, dairy, sheep, pigs and some poultry. Most of the agricultural land is used as grassland for grazing and silage or hay rather than for other crops.
The waterways are extensively used by cabin cruisers, other small pleasure craft and anglers. The main town of Fermanagh is
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
(, 'Ceithleann's island'). The island town hosts a range of attractions including the
Castle Coole Estate and
Enniskillen Castle, which is home to the museum of The
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Ireland, Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th (Ma ...
and the
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Fermanagh is also home to The Boatyard Distillery, a distillery producing
gin.
Attractions outside Enniskillen include:
*
Belleek Pottery
*
Castle Archdale
*
Crom Estate
*
Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail
*
Devenish Island
*
Florence Court
*
Marble Arch Caves
* Tempo Manor
Settlements
The classification of settlements by NISRA defines six categories following the 2011 census (ignoring Belfast and Derry City which have their own separate categories), namely; Large towns, Medium towns, Small towns, Intermediate settlements, Villages and Small villages or hamlets. The majority of the settlements in County Fermanagh lie within the final category, five within the village category and one each in the intermediate settlements and medium towns categories. No settlements in the county are classified as Large towns or Small towns.
Large towns
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2011 Census)
* none
Medium towns
(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2011 Census)
*
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
Small towns
(population of 5,000 or more and under 10,000 at 2011 Census)
* none
Intermediate settlements
(population of 2,500 or more and under 4,500 at 2011 Census)
*
Lisnaskea
Villages
(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,500 at 2011 Census)
*
Ballinamallard
*
Irvinestown
*
Kesh
*
Lisbellaw
*
Maguiresbridge
Small villages or hamlets
(population of less than 1,000 at 2011 Census)
Population of Settlements
Population statistics were not made available from the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses, where noted with an "N/A".
Subdivisions
Baronies

*
Clanawley
*
Clankelly
*
Coole
*
Knockninny
*
Lurg
*
Magheraboy
*
Magherastephana
*
Tirkennedy
Parishes
Townlands
Media
Newspapers
* ''
The Fermanagh Herald''
* ''
The Impartial Reporter''
Education
There are 41 primary schools currently in operation in County Fermanagh, 10 secondary schools, one special school and one further education college.
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Further Education College
* ''South West College, Enniskillen Campus''
Special School
* ''Willowbridge Special School''
Closed Schools
* ''St Mary's High School, Belleek'' -Brollagh Closed 2021
* ''St. Eugene’s College, Roslea'' - Closed 2017
* ''St. Eugene’s Primary School, Knocks'' - Closed 2013
* ''Lisnaskea High School'' - Closed 2013
* ''Corranny Primary School'' - Closed 2012
* ''Cornagague Primary School''- Closed 2012
* ''Duke of Westminster High School, Ballinamallard'' - Closed 2004
* ''Kesh Duke of Westminster'' - Closed 2004
* ''Ashwoods Primary School'' - Closed 1968
* ''St Mary's Primary School, Bannagh'' - Closed 1960/70s
Sport
Fermanagh GAA has never won a Senior Provincial or an All-Ireland title in any Gaelic games, it is only one of two counties to win neither title. There are 22 GAA clubs in the county, this is the second least of all 32 counties (Longford now has the least, with 21 GAA clubs).
Only
Ballinamallard United F.C. take part in the
Northern Ireland football league system. All other Fermanagh clubs play in the
Fermanagh & Western FA league systems.
Fermanagh Mallards F.C. played in the
Women's Premier League until 2013.
Enniskillen RFC was founded in 1925 and is still going. There is also a rugby league team, the
Fermanagh Redskins
Famous football players from Fermanagh include –
*
Sandy Fulton
*
Jim Cleary
*
Roy Carroll
*
Harry Chatton
*
Barry Owens
*
Kyle Lafferty
Notable people
Famous people born, raised in or living in Fermanagh include:
*
John Armstrong (1717–1795), born in Fermanagh, Major General in the Continental Army and delegate in the
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a series of legislature, legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of British America, Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after ...
*
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...
(1906–1989), author and playwright from
Foxrock in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, educated at
Portora Royal School
* Darren Breslin, traditional musician
*
The 1st Viscount Brookeborough,
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
The prime minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland (1921–1972), Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920; however, the L ...
, 1943–1963
*
Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911–1993), doctor, discoverer of
Burkitt's lymphoma
Burkitt's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, particularly B lymphocytes found in the germinal center. It is named after Denis Parsons Burkitt, the Irish surgeon who first described the disease in 1958 while working in equatorial Africa ...
*
Roy Carroll (born 1977), association footballer
*
Edward Cooney (1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the
Cooneyite and
Go-Preachers
*
Brian D'Arcy (born 1945), C.P., Passionist priest and media personality
*
Brendan Dolan (born 1973), professional darts player for the
PDC
*
Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), actor
*
Arlene Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (born 1970), politician
*
Neil Hannon (born 1970), musician
*
Robert Kerr (1882–1963), athlete and Olympic gold medalist
*
Kyle Lafferty (born 1987), Northern Ireland International association footballer
*
Charles Lawson
Quintin Charles Devenish Lawson (born 17 September 1959) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for playing Jim McDonald (Coronation Street), Jim McDonald on the long running ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''.
...
(born 1959), actor (plays Jim McDonald in ''Coronation Street'')
*
Francis Little (1822–1890), born in Fermanagh,
Wisconsin State Senator
*
Terence MacManus (c. 1823–1861), leader in
Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
*
Michael Magner (1840–97), recipient of the
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...
*
Peter McGinnity, Gaelic footballer, Fermanagh's first winner of an All-Star Award
*
Martin McGrath, Gaelic footballer, All-Star winner
*
Ciarán McMenamin (born 1975), actor
*
Gilla Mochua Ó Caiside (12th century), poet
*
Aurora Mulligan, director
*
Barry Owens, Gaelic footballer, two-time All-Star winner
*
Sean Quinn (born 1947), entrepreneur
*
Michael Sleavon (1826–1902), recipient of the Victoria Cross
*
Joan Trimble (1915–2000), pianist and composer
*
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
(1854–1900), author and playwright, educated at
Portora Royal School
*
Gordon Wilson (1927–1995), peace campaigner and Irish senator
Surnames
The most common surnames in County Fermanagh at the time of the
United Kingdom Census of 1901 were:
#
Maguire
#
McManus
#
Johnston
#
Armstrong
#
Gallagher
# Elliott
#
Murphy
# Reilly
#
Cassidy
#
Wilson
Railways
The railway lines in County Fermanagh connected
Enniskillen railway station with
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...
from 1854,
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ...
from 1861,
Bundoran from 1868 and
Sligo
Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 2 ...
from 1882.
The railway companies that served the county, prior to the establishment by the merger of
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,
Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway the
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway which was later named the
Irish North Western Railway, thus forming the
Great Northern Railway (Ireland). By 1883 the
Great Northern Railway (Ireland) absorbed all the lines except the
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which remained independent throughout its existence.
In October 1957 the
Government of Northern Ireland closed the GNR line, which made it impossible for the SL&NCR continue and forced it also to close.
The nearest railway station to Enniskillen is
Sligo station which is served by trains to
Dublin Connolly and is operated by
Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann, () or Irish Rail, is the operator of the national Rail transport in Ireland, railway network of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of CIÉ, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). It operates all internal I ...
. The
Dublin-Sligo railway line has a two-hourly service run by Iarnród Éireann. The connecting bus from
Sligo
Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 2 ...
via
Manorhamilton
Manorhamilton () is the second-largest town in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is located on the N16 from Sligo and from Enniskillen.
History
Before the Plantations of Ireland, the settlement was known, and continues to be known in the ...
to Enniskillen is route 66 operated by
Bus Éireann.
See also
*
Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland (County Fermanagh)
*
Castles in County Fermanagh
*
Extreme points of the United Kingdom
*
High Sheriff of Fermanagh
*
List of parishes of County Fermanagh
*
List of places in County Fermanagh
*
List of townlands in County Fermanagh
*
Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
*
People from County Fermanagh
Notes
References
*
Clogher Record
* "Fermanagh" A Dictionary of British Place-Names. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Northern Ireland Public Libraries. 25 July 2007
* "Fermanagh" Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. 25 July 2007
Britannica Library.
* Fermanagh: its special landscapes: a study of the Fermanagh countryside and its heritage /Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. – Belfast: HMSO, 1991
*
Livingstone, Peadar. – The Fermanagh story:a documented history of the County Fermanagh from the earliest times to the present day – Enniskillen: Cumann Seanchais Chlochair, 1969.
* Lowe, Henry N. – County Fermanagh 100 years ago: a guide and directory 1880. – Belfast: Friar's Bush Press, 1990.
* Parke, William K. – A Fermanagh Childhood. Derrygonnelly, Co Fermanagh: Friar's Bush Press, 1988.
Impartial ReporterFermanagh Herald
External links
Fermanagh on the interactive map of the counties of Great Britain and Ireland– Wikishire
A folk history of Fermanagh
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