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Lough Erne City Info & Local Attractions

View In Lough Erne

Above : View In Lough Erne

Lough Erne

Brief Description

Fifty miles of navigable water sprinkled with 154 islands making up Lower and Upper Lough Erne. An area of religious settlements, castles and nature reserves among lakes teeming with fish. At Devenish Island there are remains of a monastery founded by St Molaise in 564 or 571. Also one of Irelands finest round towers 81ft high with carved cornice of faces with beards and moustaches. On Boa Island are two very pagan double sided idols

Local Area attractions

Marble Arch Info & Attractions

Inside Marble Arch Caves

Above : Inside Marble Arch Caves

Marble Arch

Brief Description

Marble Arch cave system with underground streams and massive stalactites and stalagmites. Open to visitors.

Local Area attractions

Nearby is National Trust property of Florence Court. Georgian architecture, with unorthodox rusticated external detail and fluent rococo plasterwork within. Home of the Earls of Enniskillen it is set in a Forest Park which offers challenging remote walks in the foothills of Cuilcagh Mountain.