Killyhevlin Hotel is a hotel situated 1 km from

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, just off the main A4 Dublin Road. It is a four star 70-bedroom hotel, with restaurant, spa, swimming pool and health club, on the shores of

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, surrounded by private grounds and gardens. The hotel was originally owned by Raymond B McCartney who was also the entrepreneur who began the Lough Erne Hotel, Kesh and the Belmore Court & Motel, Enniskillen. It has been owned and managed by the Watson family since 1976, who began a major expansion and rebranding initiative in 2004.

Awards

The hotel possesses a four star Quality Standard rating from both the AA and

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. In July 2008 the hotel was voted as "Northern Ireland's No.2 Best Place to Stay" by

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viewers on the ''Ultimate Ulster'' show. In 2008, Rodney Watson, managing director of the hotel was made a

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(MBE) in recognition for services to tourism over the past 30 years. He had been president of the Northern Ireland Hotels Federation and chairman of Fermanagh Lakeland Tourism. In June 2011 the hotel won the award for best marketing and sales excellence throughout the provence in the 201
Northern Ireland Tourism Awards

History

Over 250 people were evacuated from the hotel, but the explosion injured 17 people, including members of a wedding party, and destroyed much of the recently refurbished hotel. Over 1,000 lbs of homemade explosives had been packed in a vehicle and left at the hotel. The front of the Killyhevlin Hotel collapsed, scores of parked cars were burned and a 12-foot-wide bomb crater was left near the front door.

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Killyhevlin Hotel and area images

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