Fermanagh Ireland

The final run of the Erne navigation is marked with this village of Belleek. It is bang on the borders with the Republic in fact some regions of the south over step into it. There is a low bridge opposite to the famous pottery centre. Here the current, at times reaches up to 6 knots. A sluice system controls the level of Lough Erne. Quaint holiday chalets make the region picture post card perfect. Every year Belleek throbs to the tune of the Fiddle Festival. Fiddlers from all over Ireland come to enliven a weekend with traditional Irish melodies.

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It is a little village nestled in the very heartlands of Fermanagh lake-lands. It is encircled by Upper and Lower Loughs of Erne. Coole Castle and the Family Heritage Museum are close by.

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It is a modest hamlet licking the eastern shore of Lower Lough Erne.

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Belcoo is on Lower McNean Lough. Its spellbinding surroundings have turned it into a tourist hot spot. Places nearby are the Marble Arch Caves, Florence Court House, Ulster Way, Ballintempo forest, etc.

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A drive down the A4 road will bring the visitor to Brookeborough. The loughs and marshes of Fermanagh lie to its west and to the east is its border with Tyrone.

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The village came into existence in the 1830s. It is a well planned habitation. Two storied houses, shops and pubs run down the main street. One shop specializes in its collection of more than one hundred antique clocks merrily ticking and striking away at the same time. To the north are the remains of a modest church. Here the architecture is an amalgam of the Medieval and the Renaissance. It was constructed in 1627 and his coat of arms is on display over the main door panels.

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In the very centre of the Fermanagh lakes and marshes is this small hamlet of Drumskinny. It is very near to the boundary with Tyrone. The Derg and Erne Loughs are also close by.

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This county town is on an island which was a highway connecting Ulster and Connaught. The origins of Enniskillen are very ancient harking back to pre-historic tomes. When the Maguires were the tribal heads of Fermanagh their centre of power was in Enniskillen Castle. Modern times, with its loop roads and bridges make the tourist forget that Enniskillen, replete with shopping malls and a fairly big lakeside theatre, is actually an island. It is the entry point to a world of lakes and marshes with the very best of fishing arrangements.

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It was once the residence of the flashy and unconventional Rococo. Special note should be taken of the exquisite plasterwork of the building and the matching pieces of furniture. To top it all there is an excellent garden within the walls and a lazy pathway for the walker.

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