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2 unusual facts about Enniskillen


Dr. Adam Mosgrove House

A native of Enniskillen in Ireland, Mosgrove immigrated to the United States in 1816; he moved to Urbana after living in Elizabethtown and Lancaster, Ohio.

Enniskillenus

Enniskillenus (named after the Northern Irish village of Enniskillen) is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene.


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Crossmaglen were the current holders - beating Ballinderry in the 2008 final at Brewster Park in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

Armar Lowry-Corry

There he and his brother, Lord Belmore, of Enniskillen, visited such sights as the Temple of Dendur, where Corry inscribed his name as graffiti in the Temple of Dendur.

Ballysadare railway station

Ballysadare station was on the Midland Great Western Railway which became part of Irish Rail and it was served by the last independent railway in the British Isles, being the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway on the line to Enniskillen.

Beatrice Elvery

When Sarah Purser (1848–1943) founded her studio An Túr Gloine (Tower of Glass) in 1903, she invited Beatrice Elvery to be one of the designers and her first commission of six windows was installed in the Convent of Mercy, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh in 1905.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustav Hamilton (c. 1650–1691), Swedish born noble, Irish Governor of Enniskillen

Harry Chatton

James Harold "Harry" Chatton (born 23 April 1899, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland), commonly referred to as Harry Chatton, was an Irish footballer who played for several clubs in the Scottish League, the American Soccer League and the League of Ireland.

Jeremiah Jordan

From 1865, Jordan supported the Liberal party in Enniskillen municipal and parliamentary elections against the dominant Cole Earl of Enniskillen and Crichton Earl of Erne interests.

Methodist Church in Ireland

Gordon Wilson, a member of the Church was the father of Marie Wilson, one of 11 victims of the Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday Parade bombing by the Provisional IRA.

Mount Lourdes Grammar School

The school is located within the parish of Enniskillen, one of the largest parishes in the Diocese of Clogher.

Portora

Portora Castle in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet

While travelling in Switzerland with Lord Cole (later to be 3rd earl of Enniskillen) they were introduced to Prof. L Agassiz at Neufchâtel, and determined to make a special study of fossil fish.

The Boyne Water

It mentions real events such as the death of the Duke of Schomberg, William of Orange's leading the Enniskillen cavalry across the River Boyne, and the Williamite infantry's repulse of the Jacobite cavalry's counter-attacks.

Ulster Project

Currently, the project brings teens from eleven cities in Northern Ireland, including Banbridge, Belfast, Derry, Omagh, Coleraine, Strabane, Sion Mills, Limavady, Portadown, Castlederg, Enniskillen and Cookstown.

William Crampton Gore

The son of an army officer from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Gore studied medicine at TCD, graduating in 1897 and practising until 1901.

William James Craig

Craig was born in Macosquin, County Londonderry, Ireland, where his father was an Anglican minister, on 6 November 1843 and he was educated at Portora School, Enniskillen.


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