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(Cethleann
island.)
The town of Enniskillen is situated
mainly on an island at the junction of Upper and Lower Lough Erne
The origins of the town go back to prehistory when this was the
main highway between Ulster and Connaught. Enniskillen Castle was
the medieval seat of the Maguires,
chieftains of Fermanagh, who are said to have maintained a private
navy of 1,500 boats on the Lough.
In 1594 the he town was attacked
and captured by the English led by John Dowdall and George Bingham.
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The castle now houses the Regimental
museum of the Inniskilling regiments who fought at Waterloo it also contains
exhibits and an audio visual display's on the region's natural history,
archaeology and folklore. Both Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett were pupils
at the royal school here.
Tourist Information
Wellington Road
Enniskillen
Co Fermanagh
Tel +44 (0)28 6632 3110
E Mail
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A craft centre has been opened
in the Buttermarket, you can buy locally produced lace, knitwear
and Belleek china. Edmund Spenser, a contemporary of Sheakspear
probably visited Enniskillen, he is said to have written about it
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