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ENNISKILLEN [INNISKILLING]

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 648 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENNISKILLEN [INNISKILLING]  , a See also:market See also:town and the See also:county town of county See also:Fermanagh, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, picturesquely situated on an See also:island in the See also:river connecting the upper and See also:lower loughs See also:Erne, 116 m . N.W. from See also:Dublin by ,he See also:Great See also:Northern railway . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5412 . The town occupies the whole island, and is connected with two suburbs on the mainland on each See also:side by two See also:bridges . It has a brewery, tanneries and a small manufactory of See also:cutlery, and a considerable See also:trade in See also:corn, pork and See also:flax . In 1689 See also:Enniskillen defeated a See also:superior force sent against it by See also:James II. at the See also:battle of Crom; and See also:part of the defenders of the town were subsequently formed into a See also:regiment of See also:cavalry, which still retains the name of the Inniskilling Dragoons . The town was incorporated by James I., and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union; thereafter it returned one to the Imperial parliament until 1885 . There are wide communications by See also:water by the river and the upper and lower loughs Erne, and by the See also:Ulster See also:canal to See also:Belfast . The loughs contain See also:trout, large See also:pike and other coarse See also:fish . Two See also:miles from Enniskillen in the lower lough is Devenish Island, with its celebrated monastic remains . The See also:abbey of St See also:Mary here was founded by St Molaise (Laserian) in the 6th See also:century; here too are a See also:fine See also:round See also:tower 85 ft. high, remains of domestic buildings, a holed See also:stone and a tall well-preserved See also:cross . The whole is carefully preserved by the commissioners of public See also:works under the Irish See also:Church See also:Act of 1869 .

Steamers ply between Enniskillen and Belleek on the lower See also:

lake, and between Enniskillen and Knockninny on the upper lake .

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