County Fermanagh (from the Irish Irish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language only by a small minority of the Irish population but is also used as a second language by a larger and expanding minority[citation needed]. It also plays an important: Fear Manach meaning "men of Manach") is one of the traditional counties of Ireland The counties of Ireland are land divisions, originally formed following the Norman invasion. Between the late 1190s and 1607, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two counties. It is located within the province of Ulster Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island and is part of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. At the time of the 2001 UK Census, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of. As Fermanagh is situated mostly in the basin of the River Erne, it is often referred to as Ireland's Lake District The Lake District, also known as, The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its mountains , and its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the Lake Poets, together with neighbouring County Cavan County Cavan is one of the traditional counties of Ireland, and is known far and wide as " The county that never sleeps". It is located within the province of Ulster. It was named after the town of Cavan (Irish: an Cabhán). It is one of three counties situated in the province of Ulster without being part of Northern Ireland. The county. The county is approximately 120 km (75 mi) from Belfast Belfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in Northern Ireland, the second-largest city in Ireland and the 15th-largest city in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in the province of Ulster. The city of and 160 km (99 mi) from Dublin Dublin is the largest city (primate city) and the capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath [bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh] or Áth Cliath [aːh cliə(ɸ)]. The English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River.

The county borders County Tyrone to the north-east, County Monaghan County Monaghan is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the Province of Ulster and is part of the Republic of Ireland. It was named after the town of Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) to the south-east, County Cavan County Cavan is one of the traditional counties of Ireland, and is known far and wide as " The county that never sleeps". It is located within the province of Ulster. It was named after the town of Cavan (Irish: an Cabhán). It is one of three counties situated in the province of Ulster without being part of Northern Ireland. The county to the south-west, County Leitrim County Leitrim is one of the traditional counties of Ireland and is located within the province of Connacht. It was named after the town of Leitrim (Irish: Liatroim) to the west and County Donegal County Donegal is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the Province of Ulster and is part of the Republic of Ireland. It was named after the town of Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall). In terms of size and area, it is the largest county in Ulster, the fourth largest in the Republic of Ireland, and the fourth largest on the to the north-west. Fermanagh is the only county of Northern Ireland that does not border Lough Neagh Lough Neagh — from the Irish: Loch nEathach meaning "Lake of Eathach" (Irish: [ɫ̪ɔx ˈn̠ʲahax]) — is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland.

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History

Fermanagh was made into a county by statute of Elizabeth I, but it was not until the time of the Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster was the organised colonisation (or plantation) of Ulster—a province of Ireland—by people from Great Britain. Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while official plantation controlled by King James I of England and VI of Scotland began in 1609. All land owned by Irish chieftains the Ó Neills and Ó that it was finally brought under civil government.

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 similar manner to the other five escheated counties among Scottish and English undertakers and native Irish. The baronies of Knockinny and Maghenaboy 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.

It is one of four counties The counties of Ireland are land divisions, originally formed following the Norman invasion. Between the late 1190s and 1607, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two counties of Northern Ireland presently to have a majority of the population from a Catholic The word catholic is derived from the Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos), meaning "universal". The word derives from the Greek phrase καθόλο (kath'holou) meaning "on the whole" or "in general" and is a combination of the Greek words κατά meaning "about" and όλος meaning "whole background, according to the 2001 census A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.

The Annals of Ulster were written at Belle Isle on Lough Erne.

Administration

Historical populations
Year Pop. %±
1659 7,102 —
1821 130,997 1744.5%
1831 149,763 14.3%
1841 156,481 4.5%
1851 116,047 −25.8%
1861 105,768 −8.9%
1871 92,794 −12.3%
1881 84,879 −8.5%
1891 74,170 −12.6%
1901 65,430 −11.8%
1911 61,836 −5.5%
1926 57,984 −6.2%
1937 54,569 −5.9%
1951 53,044 −2.8%
1961 51,531 −2.9%
1966 49,886 −3.2%
1971 50,255 0.7%
1981 51,594 2.7%
1991 54,033 4.7%
2001 57,527 6.5%
[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Fermanagh District Council Fermanagh District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. The borders of the district are very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, containing all of that county plus a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore Road and Kilskeery Road areas. Council headquarters are in Enniskillen. Fermanagh District Council is a is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas.

Fermanagh is part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency, renowned for high levels of voting and for electing Provisional IRA The Provisional Irish Republican Army is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion. It emerged out of the December 1969 split of the Irish Republican Army due to differences over ideology and over how to hunger-striker A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. A notably successful hunger strike was that of Mitch Snyder in 1984 who, as a member of the Community Bobby Sands Robert Gerard Sands , commonly known as Bobby Sands, (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981), was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the United Kingdom Parliament who died on hunger strike while in HM Prison Maze (or Long Kesh) as a Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of parliament tend to form parliamentary parties with members in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981, shortly before his death.

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 is the county town (and largest town) in County Fermanagh. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census. It is also the seat of local government for Fermanagh District Council (Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithleann's island'). The island town hosts a range of attractions including the Castle Coole Castle Coole is a late-eighteenth-century neo-classical mansion situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Estate and Enniskillen Castle, which is home to the museum A museum is a building or institution that houses and cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities throughout the world and more local ones exist of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.

Attractions outside Enniskillen include:

Settlements

Large towns

(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census)[8]

Medium towns

(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2001 Census)[8]

Small towns

(population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2001 Census)[8]

Intermediate settlements

(population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2001 Census)[8]

Villages

(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census)[8]

Small villages or hamlets

(population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)[8]

Subdivisions

Baronies

Main article: Baronies of Ireland In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds. Some early baronies were later subdivided into half baronies with the same

Parishes

Main article: List of civil parishes of County Fermanagh

Townlands

Main article: List of townlands in County Fermanagh

Media

Newspapers

Radio

New Media

Sport

Main article: Fermanagh GAA

Notable people

Famous people born, raised in or living in Fermanagh.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: County Fermanagh

Notes

  1. ^ http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ni/popul.htm Background Information on Northern Ireland Society - Population and Vital Statistics
  2. ^ For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy March 14, 1865.
  3. ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
  4. ^ http://www.histpop.org
  5. ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
  6. ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". in Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A.. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
  7. ^ Mokyr, Joel Joel Mokyr is an American economic historian. He is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University; O Grada, Cormac (November), "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850", The Economic History Review Volume 37 (Issue 4): 473–488, doi A digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an electronic document or other object. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found. The DOI for a document is permanent, whereas its location and other metadata:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Statistical classification of settlements". NI Neighbourhood Information Service. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  9. ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.

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Places in County Fermanagh
List of places in County Fermanagh
Towns Enniskillen Enniskillen is the county town (and largest town) in County Fermanagh. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census. It is also the seat of local government for Fermanagh District Council
Villages and townlands Aghadrumsee · Aghakeeran · Aghanaglack · Arney · Ballinamallard · Ballycassidy · Belcoo · Bellanaleck · Belleek · Blaney · Boho · Brookeborough · Carn · Carr · Castle Balfour · Castle Coole Castle Coole is a late-eighteenth-century neo-classical mansion situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland · Clabby · Clogherbog · Derrygonnelly · Derrylin · Derryvore · Donagh · Drumbegger · Drumlaghy · Drumskinny · Ederney · Florencecourt · Garrison · Glenkeel · Holywell · Irvinestown · Kesh · Killadeas · Kilnamadoo · Killydrum · Kinawley · Knocknahunshin · Knocks Knocks is a small townland to the east of Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The name "The Knocks" is locally applied to a larger area around the townland. There is a primary school, St. Eugenes, and a more recently established community centre. The name Knocks derives from the Irish cnoc, meaning hill · Lack · Laragh · Letterbreen · Levally Lower · Lisbellaw · Lisnarick · Lisnaskea · Macken · Magheraveely · Maguiresbridge · Monea · Moylehid · Newtownbutler · Pettigo · Reyfad · Rosslea · Skea · Springfield · Tamlaght · Tattykeeran · Teemore · Tempo · Trory · Tullyhommon Coordinates: 54°33′13″N 7°49′04″W / 54.553549°N 7.817717°WTullyhommon is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Historically, it is part of the larger village of Pettigo, the remainder of which lies in County Donegal on the other side of the Termon, the river which here forms the county boundary and, since 1921, · Tullygerravra
Landforms Badger Pot · Boa Island · Belmore · Benaughlin · Caves of Tullybrack and Belmore hills · Cliffs of Magho · Cuilcagh · Devenish Island · Hanging Rock · Knockmore · Lough Erne · Lough MacNean · Lough Melvin · Lustybeg Island · Lustymore Island · Marble Arch Caves · Slieve Beag · Slieve Rushen · White Island
Counties Northern Ireland is one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. It comprises one fifth of the island of Ireland, and consists of six counties of Ireland. Those six counties, along with three other counties , form the traditional Province of Ulster. According to certain sources the six pointed star of the former Government of and cities of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. At the time of the 2001 UK Census, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of
Counties Northern Ireland is one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. It comprises one fifth of the island of Ireland, and consists of six counties of Ireland. Those six counties, along with three other counties , form the traditional Province of Ulster. According to certain sources the six pointed star of the former Government of

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