COUNTY FERMANAGH

County Fermanagh (/fərˈmænə/ fər-MA-nə; from Irish: Fir Manach or Fear Manach, meaning “men of Manach”) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km² (653 sq mi) and has a population of about 61,805.^[5] Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population. Fermanagh is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland and is within the historic province of Ulster.(wikipedia)

               County Fermanagh (Fear Manach, “Region of the monks”)

After the defeat of the O’Neills and the subsequent emigration of most of the native leaders at the start of the seventeenth century, Fermanagh was incorporated into the Plantation of Ulster, and an influx of English and Scottish settlers took place. The colonization was less successful than elsewhere in the north.

Upper and Lower Lough Erne, a unique maze of channels, islands, waterways and semi-connected lakes, cover a large part of the surface of the county. The locals say “in summer Lough Erne is in Fermanagh; in winter Fermanagh is in Lough Erne” (IRISH TIMES)