Enniskillen

Enniskillen
or Inniskilling

Town (pop., 1995 est.: 11,000), seat of Fermanagh district, southwestern Northern Ireland.

Situated on an island in the River Erne, it was a strategic crossing point of Lough Erne. Incorporated by English King James I, Enniskillen defeated a force sent by James II in 1689 and gained a reputation as a Protestant stronghold. Long a garrison town, it gave its name to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, both famous regiments of the British army. The town is an agricultural market.

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also spelled  Inniskilling , Irish  Inis Ceithleann 

      town and seat, Fermanagh district (established 1973), formerly in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Situated on Cethlin's Island, it was a strategic crossing point of Lough Erne and an ancient stronghold of the Maguires of Fermanagh. Incorporated by the English king James I, it defeated a force sent by James II in 1689 and gained a reputation as a Protestant stronghold. Long a garrison town, it gave its name to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, both famous regiments of the British Army. Enniskillen functions as an agricultural market; other activities include bacon curing and hosiery manufacture. On nearby Devenish Island are the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, a 6th-century foundation of St. Molaise. Oscar Wilde, the late-19th-century poet and dramatist, was a student at the Royal School, founded in 1618. Pop. (2001) 13,599.

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