– County Fermanagh 100 years ago: a guide and directory 1880.
By 1883 the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) absorbed all the lines except the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which remained independent throughout its existence. In October 1957 the Government of Northern Ireland closed the GNR line, which made it impossible for the SL&NCR continue and forced it also to close. The nearest railway station to Enniskillen is Sligo station which is served by trains to Dublin Connolly and is operated by Iarnród Éireann.
played in the Women's Premier League until 2013. Enniskillen RFC was founded in 1925 and is still going.
By 1883 the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) absorbed all the lines except the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, which remained independent throughout its existence. In October 1957 the Government of Northern Ireland closed the GNR line, which made it impossible for the SL&NCR continue and forced it also to close. The nearest railway station to Enniskillen is Sligo station which is served by trains to Dublin Connolly and is operated by Iarnród Éireann.
– The Fermanagh story:a documented history of the County Fermanagh from the earliest times to the present day – Enniskillen: Cumann Seanchais Chlochair, 1969. Lowe, Henry N.
This constituency elected Provisional IRA [strike|hunger-striker] Bobby Sands as a member of parliament in the April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, shortly before his death. ==Industry and tourism== Agriculture and tourism are two of the most important industries in Fermanagh.
Derrygonnelly, Co Fermanagh: Friar's Bush Press, 1988.
– Belfast: Friar's Bush Press, 1990.
– Belfast: HMSO, 1991 Livingstone, Peadar.
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25 July 2007 "Fermanagh" Encyclopædia Britannica.
25 July 2007 . Fermanagh: its special landscapes: a study of the Fermanagh countryside and its heritage /Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 as of 2011.
Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population. Fermanagh is one of four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of its population from a Catholic background, according to the 2011 census. ==Geography== Fermanagh is situated in the southwest corner of Northern Ireland.
played in the Women's Premier League until 2013. Enniskillen RFC was founded in 1925 and is still going.
After the re-organisation of local government in 2015, Fermanagh was still the only county wholly within one council area, namely Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, albeit that it constituted only a part of that entity. For the purposes of elections to the UK Parliament, the territory of Fermanagh is part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency.
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