Editing Enniskillen

{{Short description|Town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | official_name            = Enniskillen
 | irish_name               = Inis Ceithleann
 | scots_name               = Inniskillin<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/moirastationus.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025115638/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/moirastationus.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2013 |access-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>
 | local_name               = 
 | static_image_name        = Enniskillen Castle.jpg
 | static_image_caption     = Enniskillen castle
 | map_type                 = Northern Ireland
 | coordinates              = {{coord|54|20|41|N|07|38|20|W|display=inline,title}}
 | belfast_distance         = {{convert|88|mi|km|0}}
 | population               = 14,086
 | population_ref           = ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]])
 | irish_grid_reference     = H240440
 | unitary_northern_ireland = [[Fermanagh and Omagh District Council|Fermanagh and Omagh]]
 | country                  = Northern Ireland
 | historic_county          = 
 | post_town                = ENNISKILLEN
 | postcode_area            = BT
 | postcode_district        = BT74, BT92-94
 | dial_code                = 028
 | constituency_ni_assembly = [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
 | constituency_westminster = [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
 | lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Fermanagh]]
 | website                  = [http://www.enniskillen.com/  www.enniskillen.com]
 | dublin_distance_mi       = 89
}}

'''Enniskillen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|n|ᵻ|s|ˈ|k|ɪ|l|ən}} {{respell|EN|iss|KIL|ən}}, from {{langx|ga|Inis Ceithleann}}<ref name="logainm">{{Cite web |title=Inis Ceithleann/Enniskillen |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1167106 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731023128/https://www.logainm.ie/en/1167106 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020 |website=Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) |publisher=[[Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]] and [[Dublin City University]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-ga|'|i|n'|i|s'|-|'|k'|e|l'|@|N}}, '[[Cethlenn|Ceithlenn]]'s island') is the largest town in [[County Fermanagh]], Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of [[Lough Erne]]. It had a population of 14,086 at the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref name="2021 pop" /> [[Enniskillen Castle]] was built in the 15th century as a stronghold of the [[Maguire]]s, before coming under English control in the early 17th century. The castle and town were expanded during the [[Plantation of Ulster]]. It was the seat of local government for the former [[Fermanagh District Council]], and is the [[county town]] of Fermanagh. The town is in a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of the same name.<ref name="logainm"/>

==Toponymy==
The town's name comes from the {{langx|ga|Inis Ceithleann}}. This refers to [[Cethlenn]], a figure in [[Irish mythology]] who may have been a goddess. Local legend has it that Cethlenn was wounded in battle by an arrow and attempted to swim across the [[River Erne]], which surrounds the island, but she never reached the other side, so the island was named in reference to her. It has been [[anglicisation|anglicised]] many ways over the centuries – ''Iniskellen'', ''Iniskellin'', ''Iniskillin'', ''Iniskillen'', ''Inishkellen'', ''Inishkellin'', ''Inishkillin'', ''Inishkillen'' and so on.<ref name=logainm/>

== History ==
{{Historical populations|state=collapsed
|1821|1563
|1831|5270
|1841|8453
|1851|8642
|1861|5635
|1871|5886
|1881|5712
|1891|5570
|1901|5412
|1911|4847
|1926|4883
|1937|5626
|1951|6322
|1961|7406
|1966|7153
|1971|10305
|1981|10429
|1991|11436
|2001|13560
|2011|13790
|2021|14086
|footnote=<ref name="2021 pop2">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000564 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Census2011" /><ref name="Census2001b">{{cite web |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/PivotGrid.aspx?ds=4840&lh=69&yn=2001&sk=135&sn=Census%202001&yearfilter=2001 | title = Census 2001 Usually Resident Population: KS01 (Settlements) – Table view | page = 2 | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 15 August 2019 | archive-date = 23 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210923152256/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Home.aspx | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/|url-status=dead|title=HISTPOP.ORG – Home|archive-date=7 May 2016|website=histpop.org}}</ref><ref>1813 estimate from Mason's Statistical Survey</ref><ref>For a discussion on the accuracy of [[Great Famine (Ireland)|pre-famine]] census returns see [[J. J. Lee (historian)|J. J. Lee]] "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, in and also New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr and [[Cormac Ó Gráda]] in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November 1984), pp. 473-88</ref><ref name="NI_Assembly">{{cite web |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2015/general/9915.pdf |title=NI Assembly: Key Statistics for Settlements, Census 2011 NIAR 404-15 |website=niassembly.gov.uk |date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2017-08-10 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403212608/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2015/general/9915.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
The town's oldest building is [[Enniskillen Castle]], built by Hugh (Maguire) the Hospitable who died in 1428.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mary Rogers |title=Prospect of Fermanagh |publisher=Watergate Press, Enniskillen |year=1982}}</ref> An earthwork, the Skonce on the shore of [[Lough Erne]], may be the remains of an earlier [[Motte-and-bailey castle|motte]]. The castle was the stronghold of the junior branch of the [[Maguire (surname)|Maguire]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maguires of Fermanagh |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/MaguiresDuffysHibernian2-10/index.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424172301/https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/MaguiresDuffysHibernian2-10/index.php |archive-date=24 April 2019 |access-date=8 September 2019 |website=libraryireland.com}}</ref> The first [[Watergate (architecture)|watergate]] was built around 1580 by [[Cú Chonnacht Maguire]], though subsequent lowering of the level of the lough has left it without water. The strategic position of the castle made its capture important for the English in 1593, to support their plans for the control of [[Ulster]]. The castle was [[Siege of Enniskillen (1594)|besieged three times in 1594–95]]. The English, led by a Captain Dowdall, captured it in February 1594. Maguire then laid siege to it, and defeated a relieving force at the [[Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits]] at Drumane Bridge on the [[Arney River]]. Although the defenders were relieved, Maguire gained possession of the castle from 1595 to 1598 and it was not finally captured by the English until 1607.

This was part of a wider campaign to bring the province of Ulster under English control; the final capture of Enniskillen Castle in 1607 was followed by the [[Plantation of Ulster]], during which the lands of the native Irish were seized and handed over to planters loyal to the English Crown. The Maguires were supplanted by [[William Cole (planter)|William Cole]], originally from [[Devon]], who was appointed by James I to build an English settlement there in 1612.

Captain Cole was installed as Constable and strengthened the castle wall and built a "fair house" on the old foundation as the centre point of the county town. The first Protestant parish church was erected on the hilltop in 1627. By 1630 the town had around 180 inhabitants, mostly comprising English and Scottish settlers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hunter |first=Robert J. |date=1978 |title=Sir William Cole and Plantation Enniskillen, 1607–41 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27695765 |journal=Clogher Record |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=336–350 |doi=10.2307/27695765 |jstor=27695765 |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> The [[Portora Royal School|Royal Free School of Fermanagh]] was moved onto the island in 1643. The first bridges were drawbridges; permanent bridges were not installed before 1688.

By 1689 the town had grown significantly. During the conflict which resulted from the ousting of King [[James II of England|James II]] by his Protestant rival, [[William III of England|William III]], Enniskillen and [[siege of Derry|Derry]] were the focus of Williamite resistance in Ireland, including the nearby [[Battle of Newtownbutler]].<ref>[[Thomas Witherow|Witherow, Thomas]]. [http://www.libraryireland.com/Derry1689/VI-1.php "The Defence of Enniskillen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120170815/http://www.libraryireland.com/Derry1689/VI-1.php |date=20 November 2008 }}. ''Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689''. Library Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2012.</ref>

Enniskillen and Derry were the two garrisons in Ulster that were not wholly loyal to James II, and it was the last town to fall before the [[Siege of Derry]]. As a direct result of this conflict, Enniskillen developed not only as a market town but also as a garrison, which became home to two regiments.

The former site of Fermanagh College at Gaol Square (the college has now moved to the old Erne Hospital site) was the former Enniskillen [[Prison|Gaol]]. Many people were tried and hanged in the square during the times of public execution. Part of the old goal is still standing. [[Enniskillen Town Hall]] was designed by William Scott and completed in 1901.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enniskillen Town Hall |url=https://www.fermanaghlakelands.com/Enniskillen-Townhall-Enniskillen-P41978 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516164900/https://www.fermanaghlakelands.com/Enniskillen-Townhall-Enniskillen-P41978 |archive-date=16 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 |publisher=Fermanagh Lakelands}}</ref>

=== Military history ===
Enniskillen is the site of the foundation of two [[British Army]] regiments:
* [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]]
* [[The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons)]]

The town's name (with the archaic spelling) continues to form part of the title to [[The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)]]. [[Enniskillen Castle]] features on the cap badge of both regiments.

=== The Troubles ===
{{main|The Troubles in Enniskillen}}

Enniskillen was the site of several events during [[The Troubles]], the most notable being the [[Remembrance Day bombing]] in which 11 people were killed. [[Bill Clinton]] opened [[The Clinton Centre]] in 2002 on the site of the bombing. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] claimed responsibility for the attack.

=== Alleged sexual abuse and assault ===
In 2019, at least nine men reported to the police and the press and said in public forums that, in the 1980s and 90s, when they were children, they were repeatedly molested and raped by a [[paedophile]] ring of at least 20 men in the Enniskillen area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grandjean |first=Stephen Dempster and Guy |date=2019-11-26 |title=Victim of alleged paedophile ring speaks out |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-50550996 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127135116/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-50550996 |archive-date=27 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-03 |title=Police unit to examine historic sex abuse |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48150317 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514143413/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48150317 |archive-date=14 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Public meeting in Enniskillen hears from alleged sex abuse victims |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/18003425.public-meeting-enniskillen-hears-alleged-sex-abuse-victims/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211184322/https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/18003425.public-meeting-enniskillen-hears-alleged-sex-abuse-victims/ |archive-date=11 December 2019 |access-date=2019-11-26 |website=Impartial Reporter |date=30 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Rodney |title=Child sex abuse in Fermanagh was an 'open secret', claim victims |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/child-sex-abuse-in-fermanagh-was-an-open-secret-claim-victims-1.4032807 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003235215/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/child-sex-abuse-in-fermanagh-was-an-open-secret-claim-victims-1.4032807 |archive-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> Investigations are continuing.

== Demography ==
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===2021 Census===
On Census day 2021 there were 14,086 people living in Enniskillen.<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000346 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> Of these:

* 61.52% (8,666) belong to or were brought up in the Catholic Christian faith and 29.09% (4,097) belong to or were brought up in various 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' denominations. 2.2% (310) belong to other religions and 7.19% (1,013) had no religious background.<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000346 |website=NISRA |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
* 22.8% (3,212) indicated that they had a British only identity, 34.68% (4,885) had an Irish only identity and 26.4% (3,179) had a Northern Irish only identity (respondents could indicate more than one national identity)<ref>{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) – basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_BASIC&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000346 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>

===2011 Census===
On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 13,823 people living in Enniskillen (5,733 households),<ref name="Census2011">{{Cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Enniskillen Settlement |url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Enniskillen@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Enniskillen@23? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626081955/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Enniskillen%40Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name%3A%20%40Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name%3A%20%20Enniskillen%4023%3F |archive-date=26 June 2020 |access-date=5 March 2018 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]]}} [[File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg|30px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref> accounting for 0.76% of the NI total and representing an increase of 1.6% on the Census 2001 population of 13,599.<ref name="Census2001">{{Cite web |title=Census 2001 Usually Resident Population: KS01 (Settlements) – Table view |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/PivotGrid.aspx?ds=4840&lh=69&yn=2001&sk=135&sn=Census%202001&yearfilter=2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923152256/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Home.aspx |archive-date=23 September 2021 |access-date=10 August 2019 |publisher=[[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) |page=4}}</ref> Of these:

* 19.76% were aged under 16 years and 15.59% were aged 65 and over;
* 51.80% of the usually resident population were female and 48.20% were male;
* 61.62% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic Christian faith and 33.55% belong to or were brought up in various 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' denominations
* 35.59% indicated that they had a British national identity, 33.77% had an Irish national identity and 30.35% had a Northern Irish national identity (respondents could indicate more than one national identity)
* 39 years was the average (median) age of the population
* 13.03% had some knowledge of Irish (Gaelic) and 3.65% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots

== Places of interest ==

===Churches===
There are four churches in the town centre. These are:
* [[St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen|St. Macartin's Cathedral]] (Church of Ireland) – This church dates from 1840. It was built on the site of an earlier [[Plantation of Ulster|Plantation]] church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of Ireland Cathedral, Enniskillen |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2009/church-of-ireland-cathedral-enniskillen-co-fermanagh/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=archiseek|date=25 September 2009 }}</ref>
* St. Michael's Church (Catholic) – This church dates from 1875 although an earlier church on the site dates from 1803.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Michael's Parish History |url=http://www.saintmichaels-parish.com/historybrochure.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=St. Michael's Parish, Enniskillen}}</ref>
* Enniskillen Methodist Church – This church opened in 1867. It has a [[Palladian]] facade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Methodist Church, Enniskillen |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2009/1867-methodist-church-enniskillen-co-fermanagh/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=archiseek|date=25 September 2009 }}</ref> 
* Enniskillen Presbyterian Church – The current church was erected in 1897 although there is evidence of a building dating back to 1700.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enniskillen Presbyterian Church |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/19316638.enniskillen-presbyterian-church-welcoming-house-god-deep-ties-town/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=The Impartial Reporter|date=23 May 2021 }}</ref>
There are several other churches outside the town centre.

===Historic Buildings===
Some of these buildings are outside the town.
* [[Castle Coole]]
* Colebrooke House, [[Brookeborough]] – eleven miles east of Enniskillen; built 1820
* [[Earl of Enniskillen|Cole's]] Monument
* [[Enniskillen Castle]]
* [[Enniskillen Town Hall]]
* [[Enniskillen Courthouse]] – built 1785
* [[Florence Court]] – eight miles outside Enniskillen; 18th century 
* [[Monea castle|Monea Castle]]
* [[Portora Castle]] 
* [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers|The Regimental Museum of the Inniskilling Regiment]]

===Natural Phenomena===
* [[Marble Arch Caves|The Marble Arch Caves]]
* [[Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark|Cuilcagh Mountain Global Geo-Park]]
* [[Cliffs of Magho|Lough Navar and the Cliffs of Magho]]

===Other===
* Ardhowen Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://ardhowen.com |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=The Ardhowen}}</ref>
* [[The Clinton Centre]]
* [[The Round O]]
* William Blake's pub – historic public house<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://blakesofthehollow.com/about-us |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Blakes of the Hollow}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="230" heights="180">
File:Enniskillen Castle by Paride.JPG|[[Enniskillen Castle]]
File:Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, late 19th century (7595791674).jpg|Enniskillen in the late 19th century
File:Enniskillen Registry Office - geograph.org.uk - 485072.jpg|[[Enniskillen Town Hall]]
File:Enniskillen St. Michael's Church NW 2012 09 17.jpg|St. Michael's Church, Enniskillen
File:Methodist Church, Enniskillen - geograph.org.uk - 1370358.jpg|Methodist Church, Enniskillen
File:Cole Monument at Fort Hill Park, Enniskillen - geograph.org.uk - 1361418.jpg|Cole's Monument, Enniskillen
File:Enniskillen Courthouse - geograph.org.uk - 928129.jpg|Enniskillen Courthouse
File:Portora Castle.jpg|Portora Castle
File:ArdhowenTheatre, Enniskillen - geograph.org.uk - 789403.jpg|ArdhowenTheatre, Enniskillen
File:William Blake Pub, Enniskillen - geograph.org.uk - 928131.jpg|William Blake Pub, Enniskillen
</gallery>

== Sports ==

===Association football===

As of season 2023/24, the town has five [[association football]] teams, [[Enniskillen Rangers]], [[Enniskillen Town United F.C.]], Enniskillen Athletic, Enniskillen Galaxy and Enniskillen Rovers. Founded in 1953, Enniskillen Rangers are the oldest and most successful of these, having won the Irish Junior Cup five times, most recently in season 2023/24, when they defeated Cleary Celtic FC 2–0 in Stangmore Park, Dungannon, the Fermanagh & Western Division One title 19 times and the Mulhern Cup 16 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fermanaghandwestern.com/|title=Fermanagh and Western Football League &#124;|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> They play their home games at The Ball Range.

Enniskillen Rangers have several notable former players including [[Sandy Fulton]] and [[Jim Cleary (Northern Irish footballer)|Jim Cleary.]]

[[Enniskillen Town United F.C.]] currently play in the [[Fermanagh & Western FA|Fermanagh & Western]] 1st Division. Their most notable former player is [[Michael McGovern (footballer)|Michael McGovern]] who won 32 senior caps for Northern Ireland and as of January 2024 was on loan at [[Livingston F.C.]] from parent club [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.]]. Enniskillen Town United F.C. currently play their home games at St Michael's GS Pavilion in Enniskillen.

===Rugby===

Enniskillen Rugby Football Club was founded in 1925 and plays its home games at Mullaghmeen. The club currently{{when|date=August 2022}} fields 4 senior men's teams, a senior ladies' team, a range of male and female youth teams, a vibrant mini section and a disability tag team called The Enniskillen Elks. Enniskillen XV won the [[Ulster Towns Cup]] in the 2018/19 season, defeating Ballyclare 19–0. The team currently play in Kukri Ulster Rugby Championship Division 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Page – Enniskillen Rugby Football Club |url=http://www.enniskillenrfc.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503110940/http://www.enniskillenrfc.com/ |archive-date=3 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018 |website=enniskillenrfc.com}}</ref>

The rugby club was formed on 28 August 1925, when 37 attended a meeting in Enniskillen Town Hall. The name Enniskillen Rugby Club was agreed and the club adopted the rules of the [[Dublin University Football Club]]. The first match was played on 30 September 1925 against [[Ballyshannon]] in [[County Donegal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Articles – Enniskillen Rugby Football Club |url=http://www.enniskillenrfc.com/Article/Details/7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503112156/http://www.enniskillenrfc.com/Article/Details/7 |archive-date=3 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018 |website=enniskillenrfc.com}}</ref>

===Gaelic games===

[[Enniskillen Gaels GAC|Enniskillen Gaels]] is a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club founded in 1927. It is based at [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]], Enniskillen. The club has had success in both [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] winning in both county and provincial competitions.

== International events ==
Enniskillen was the venue of the [[39th G8 summit]] which was held on 17 and 18 June 2013. It was held at the Lough Erne Resort, a five-star hotel and golf resort on the shore of Lough Erne. The gathering was the biggest international diplomatic gathering ever held in Northern Ireland. Among the G8 leaders who attended were British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]], United States President [[Barack Obama]], German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="g*Summit2013">{{Cite web |title=Tanaiste welcomes announcement that Enniskillen will host the G8 Summit in June 2013 |url=http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2012/11/tanaiste-welcomes-announcement-that-enniskillen-will-host-the-g8-summit-in-june-2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015043509/http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2012/11/tanaiste-welcomes-announcement-that-enniskillen-will-host-the-g8-summit-in-june-2013/ |archive-date=15 October 2013 |access-date=30 January 2013 |publisher=MerrionStreet}}</ref>

In the past, Enniskillen has hosted an array of international events, most notably stages of the World Waterski World Cup, annually from 2005 to 2007 at the Broadmeadow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Water Ski Federation 2007 |url=http://www.iwsftournament.com/calendar/calendardisplay.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503144630/http://www.iwsftournament.com/calendar/calendardisplay.php |archive-date=3 May 2007 |access-date=13 May 2007}}</ref> Despite its success, Enniskillen was not chosen as a World Cup Stop for 2008.

In January 2009, Enniskillen hosted the ceremonial start of [[Rally Ireland]] 2009, the first stage of the WRC FIA [[World Rally Championship]] 2009 Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 Rally Ireland Races Into Enniskillen |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/news-and-media/press-releases/archive-press-releases/press-releases-2008-2009/2009-rally-ireland-races-into-enniskillen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018070952/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/news-and-media/press-releases/archive-press-releases/press-releases-2008-2009/2009-rally-ireland-races-into-enniskillen/ |archive-date=18 October 2017 |access-date=17 October 2017 |website=niassembly.gov.uk}}</ref>

Enniskillen has hosted the Happy Days arts festival since 2012, which celebrates "the work and influence of Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett" and is the "first annual, international, multi-arts festival to be held in Northern Ireland since the launch of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's in 1962".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival – Festivals – Irish Theatre |url=http://www.irishtheatre.ie/festival-page.aspx?festivalid=30060 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731003442/http://www.irishtheatre.ie/festival-page.aspx?festivalid=30060 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |access-date=22 July 2019 |website=irishtheatre.ie}}</ref>

== Notable natives and residents ==
{{See also|Category:People from Enniskillen}}

===Arts and Media===
* [[Samuel Beckett]], playwright, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref name="taking">{{Cite news |date=27 November 2021 |title=Taking a walk on the Wilde (and Beckett) side in Enniskillen |work=The Irish News |url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/books/2021/11/27/news/taking-a-walk-on-the-wilde-and-beckett-side-in-enniskillen-2518347/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Carter]], singer<ref name="nathan">{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=Nathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKNPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT148 |title=Born for the Road: My Story So Far |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-84488-448-3}}</ref>
* [[Charles Duff]], Irish author of books on language learning and other subjects<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 2018 |title=Remarkable life of Charles Duff to be marked in Enniskillen |work=Belfast Telegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/archive/people/remarkable-life-of-charles-duff-to-be-marked-in-enniskillen-36518536.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Adrian Dunbar]], actor, born and brought up in Enniskillen<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 2022 |title=Adrian Dunbar to explore Co Fermanagh roots in two upcoming TV series |work=Belfast Live |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/adrian-dunbar-explore-co-fermanagh-25482673 |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Nial Fulton]], film and television producer, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 December 2016 |title=Five awards for Enniskillen man Nial Fulton's hard-hitting TV documentary series |work=The Impartial Reporter |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/14993064.five-awards-for-enniskillen-man-nial-fultons-hard-hitting-tv-documentary-series/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Neil Hannon]], lead singer/composer of the pop band The Divine Comedy, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2021 |title=Neil Hannon reflects on 'charmed life' with new The Divine Comedy album |work=The Impartial Reporter |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/19570414.neil-hannon-reflects-charmed-life-new-divine-comedy-album/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Charles Lawson]], most notable for playing [[Jim McDonald (Coronation Street)|Jim McDonald]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 November 2014 |title=Corrie actor Charlie Lawson: I probably did hate Catholics |work=Belfast Telegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/corrie-actor-charlie-lawson-i-probably-did-hate-catholics-30756109.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Lisa McHugh]], country music singer; born in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved to Enniskillen as an adult.<ref name=nathan/>
* [[Fearghal McKinney]], journalist, former [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]] broadcaster and member of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 April 2017 |title=Fearghal McKinney: 'Nothing prepares you for defeat after the amount of hard work put in prior to the election but I'm resilient' |work=Belfast Telegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/fearghal-mckinney-nothing-prepares-you-for-defeat-after-the-amount-of-hard-work-put-in-prior-to-the-election-but-im-resilient-35608058.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Nigel McLoughlin]], poet, editor of ''Iota'' poetry journal and Professor of Creativity and Poetics, University of Gloucestershire<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigel McLoughlin |url=https://poetryarchive.org/poet/nigel-mcloughlin/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=The Poetry Archive}}</ref>
* [[Ciarán McMenamin]], television actor and author<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2021 |title=Hope Street BBC: Enniskillen actor Ciaran McMenamin on first role-playing parent since becoming a dad |work=Belfast Live |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/hope-street-bbc-enniskillen-actor-22190364 |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Frank Ormsby]], poet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Ormsby |url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/frank-ormsby |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=The British Council}}</ref>
* [[David Robinson (photographer)|David Robinson]], photographer and publisher, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 March 2001 |title=The big picture The panoramic shape is closest to the human viewpoint, says the photographer David Robinson. He shares his perspective with Clare Thomson |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/717679/The-big-picture-The-panoramic-shape-is-closest-to-the-human-viewpoint-says-the-photographer-David-Robinson.-He-shares-his-perspective-with-Clare-Thomson.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[William Scott (artist)|William Scott]], artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Scott |url=https://cnaa.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/artists/william-scott |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Senate House Library, University of London}}</ref>
* [[Mick Softley]] singer and songwriter for [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Donovan]], lived in the town at the time of his death<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael (Mick) Softley |url=https://www.funeraltimes.com/michael-micksoftley394097232 |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Funeral Times}}</ref>
* [[Joan Trimble]], pianist and composer<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 2000 |title=Obituary: Joan Trimble |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1352386/Joan-Trimble.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Oscar Wilde]], satirist and playwright, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref name=taking/>
* [[Ron Wilson (newsreader)|Ron Wilson]], a news anchor with Network Ten in Australia<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ron Wilson |publisher=Claxton Speakers |url=http://www.claxtonspeakers.com.au/speakers_profile.php?s_id=278&print_preview=1 |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

===Business===
* [[James Gamble (industrialist)|James Gamble]], co-founder of Procter & Gamble, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2009 |title=Typhoid Mary and other curiosities in Irish biography |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8419022.stm#gamble |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref>

===Medicine and Science===
* [[Denis Parsons Burkitt|Denis Burkitt]], FRS, surgeon and epidemiologist<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Epstein |first1=A. |author-link=Anthony Epstein |last2=Eastwood |first2=M. A. |year=1995 |title=Denis Parsons Burkitt. 28 February 1911 – 23 March 1993 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=41 |pages=88–102 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1995.0006 |pmid=11615366 |s2cid=24411537}}</ref>

===Military===
* [[Eric Norman Frankland Bell|Eric Bell]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eric Norman Frankland Bell |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/eric-n-f-bell-vc/4585969311.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=VC Online}}</ref>
* [[Henry Hartigan]], recipient of the Victoria Cross<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Hartigan |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/henry-hartigan-vc/4586926318.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=VC Online}}</ref>
* [[James McGuire (VC)|James McGuire]], recipient of the Victoria Cross<ref>{{Cite web |title=James McGuire |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-mcguire-vc/4587597033.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=VC Online}}</ref>
* [[George Nurse (VC recipient)|George Nurse]], recipient of the Victoria Cross<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Nurse |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/george-e-nurse-vc/4587771341.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=VC Online}}</ref>

===Politics===
* [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster]], brought up at the family's estate at Ely Lodge<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2016 |title=The €10bn Duke who wanted only to be a beef farmer back in Fermanagh |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/the-10bn-duke-who-wanted-only-to-be-a-beef-farmer-back-in-fermanagh-34961955.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |newspaper=Irish Independent}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Wilson (peace campaigner)|Gordon Wilson]], Irish senator and peace campaigner, who lived on Cooper Crescent<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2020 |title='Enniskillen peacemaker Gordon Wilson had the UVF in bits': Preacher hails late campaigner |work=Belfast Telegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/enniskillen-peacemaker-gordon-wilson-had-the-uvf-in-bits-preacher-hails-late-campaigner-39746739.html |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

===Religion===
* [[Edward Cooney]], evangelist and early leader of the [[Cooneyite]] and [[Two by Twos|Go-Preacher]] sects, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 October 2022 |title=New book looks at the legacy of Enniskillen preacher Edward Cooney |work=The Impartial Reporter |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/23030144.new-book-looks-legacy-enniskillen-preacher-edward-cooney---global-church-no-name/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Edward Kernan]], a Roman Catholic bishop<ref>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bkern|Bishop Kernan|15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Henry Francis Lyte]], hymn composer, most notably of "[[Abide with Me]]", educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2020 |title=Enniskillen parishioner revives Henry Francis Lyte's book 'The Spirit of the Psalms' |url=http://www.churchnewsireland.org/news/irish-uk-news/enniskillen-parishioner-revives-henry-francis-lytes-book-the-spirit-of-the-psalms/ |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Church News Ireland}}</ref>
* [[John McElroy (Jesuit)|John McElroy]] (1782–1877), Jesuit priest, founder of [[Boston College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjohn-frederick.org/stjohncemetery.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406054530/http://www.stjohn-frederick.org/stjohncemetery.asp|url-status=dead|title="St. John's Cemetery", St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. Frederick, Maryland|archive-date=6 April 2012|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>

===Sports===
* [[Robert Baloucoune]], rugby union player, was born and grew up in Enniskillen, learned his rugby at Portora Royal School and made his international debut for Ireland in July 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the42.ie/ireland-usa-4-5491529-Jul2021/ | title=Baloucoune wonder try sparks Ireland to life as they put 71 points on USA | date=10 July 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Declan Burns]], Irish kayaking athlete, three-time Irish Olympic representative and former World Superstars runner-up<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 January 2016 |title=What a show of strength from our Declan! |work=The Fermanagh Herald |url=https://fermanaghherald.com/tag/declan-burns/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Roy Carroll]], goalkeeper who played for a number of professional clubs, most notably [[Manchester United F. C.]] and who was capped 45 times by [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]<ref>{{Hugman|3153|Roy Carroll |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Cathcart]], rally driver
* [[Harry Chatton]], football player, from the 1920s and 1930s, who was a dual international for both the IFA and FAI Irish international teams<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Chatton |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/38856/James_Harry_Chatton.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=National Football Teams}}</ref>
* [[Jim Cleary (Northern Irish footballer)|Jim Cleary]], former [[Glentoran]] footballer and member of [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]'s 1982 World Cup squad<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jim Cleary |publisher=World Football |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jim-cleary/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[William Emerson (footballer)|William Emerson]], football player who won 11 caps for Ireland between 1919 and 1923<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billy Emerson |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/38728/Billy_Emerson.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=National Football Teams}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Ferris]], Northern Irish former heavyweight boxer who was both Irish and British champion in the early 1980s<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 2021 |title=The night an Enniskillen man became the British Heavyweight champion |publisher=The Impartial Reporter |url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/19252349.night-enniskillen-man-became-british-heavyweight-champion/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Casey Howe]], international footballer for the Northern Ireland Women's team
* [[Frank Hoy]], professional wrestler, was born in the town<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-6DoPuiRkEC&pg=PA220 |title=Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels |last2=Oliver |first2=Greg |publisher=ECW Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-55490-284-2 |page=220}}</ref>
* [[Ted Keenan]], record-breaking long-distance swimmer, inducted in 1984 into the Fort Lauderdale International Swimming Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ildsa.info/the-legend-ted-keenan-triple-channel-swimmer-1934-2013/ | title=The Legend Ted Keenan – Triple Channel Swimmer (1934 – 2013) | date=3 July 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Kerr (athlete)|Robert Kerr]], Olympic 100m gold medalist in the [[1908 Olympics]] for Canada<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Kerr |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66116 |access-date=10 January 2021 |publisher=Olympedia}}</ref>
* [[Kyle Lafferty]], striker, professional football player for a number of clubs, most notably [[Rangers F. C.]], with 89 Northern Ireland international caps<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile of Kyle Lafferty |url=http://www.irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/profile/2057/senior/kyle-lafferty-forward/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319221847/http://irishfa.com/international/squad-profiles/profile/2057/senior/kyle-lafferty-forward |archive-date=19 March 2016 |access-date=25 March 2016 |publisher=Irish Football Association}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Little (footballer)|Andrew Little]], former professional football player and Northern Ireland international, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Little |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/andrew-little_prs170403/person.shtml |access-date=15 November 2022 |publisher=Eurosport}}</ref>
* [[J. J. McCoy (rugby union)]], from nearby Monea, Jimmy first played rugby for Portora Royal School, Enniskillen<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/gaa-jimmy-was-the-real-mccoy/28194038.html | title=GAA: Jimmy was the real McCoy | newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk | date=28 March 2004 }}</ref>
* [[Michael McGovern (footballer)|Michael McGovern]], former Northern Ireland international goalkeeper, currently on loan to [[Livingston F. C.]] from parent club [[Heart of Midlothian F. C.]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/ckv4gxdej93o | title=McGovern joins Livi on loan from Hearts | date=19 January 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Kieran McKenna]], football manager, appointed to take charge of [[Ipswich Town FC]] in December 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2021/december/kieran-mckenna-named-ipswich-town-manager/ | title=WELCOME KIERAN McKENNA | date=16 December 2021 }}</ref> 
* Harry Mercer, former player for Enniskillen Corinthians F.C. who, while with [[Linfield F.C.]], won a senior Ireland cap while still an amateur<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/12/harold-mercer.html | title=Harry Mercer }}</ref>
* [[Holly Nixon]], former member of Portora Boat Club and World Champion oarswoman<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fermanaghtrust.org/history-as-holly-nixon-becomes-fermanaghs-first-ever-world-championship-gold-medal-winner | title=History as Holly Nixon becomes Fermanagh }}</ref>
* [[Gavin Noble]], Irish international triathlete, educated at [[Portora Royal School]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2021 |title=Noble to lead Team Ireland at Paris Olympics |work=The Fermanagh Herald |url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2021/05/noble-to-lead-team-ireland-at-paris-olympics/ |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* [[Dick Rowley]], football player who won six caps for Ireland between 1929 and 1931<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2007 |title=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats – Dick Rowley |url=http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/dick-rowley.html |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:The old Enniskillen Model School - geograph.org.uk - 1464238.jpg|thumb|250px|The old Enniskillen Model School, now used as the Fermanagh office of the Western Education and Library Board (WELB)]]
There are numerous schools and colleges in and around the Enniskillen area, from primary level to secondary level, including some further education colleges such as the technical college.

=== Primary level ===
* Enniskillen Integrated Primary school
* Model primary school
* Holy Trinity Primary School
* Jones Memorial Primary School
* Mullnaskea Primary School

=== Secondary level ===
* [[Erne Integrated College]]
* [[Devenish College]]
* [[Enniskillen Royal Grammar School]]
* [[Mount Lourdes Enniskillen]]; convent girls' grammar school
* [[St. Michael's College (Enniskillen)|St Michael's College]]; boys' grammar school
* St Fanchea's College
* [[St Joseph's College, Enniskillen|St Joseph's College]]

=== Colleges ===
* Enniskillen Campus of the [[College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise]] (CAFRE)
* Enniskillen Campus [[South West College]]

==Transport==

===Rail – historic===
Railway lines from [[Enniskillen railway station]] linked the town with Derry ([[Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway]]) from 1854, [[Dundalk]] ([[Irish North Western Railway]]) from 1861, [[Bundoran]] ([[Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway]]) from 1868 and [[Sligo]] from 1882.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hajducki |first=S. Maxwell |title=A Railway Atlas of Ireland |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |year=1974 |isbn=0-7153-5167-2 |location=Newton Abbott |at=maps 6, 7, 12}}</ref> By 1883 the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] absorbed all the lines except the [[Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway]] (SLNCR), which remained independent throughout its existence. In October 1957 the [[Government of Northern Ireland]] closed the GNR lines, which made it impossible for the SLNCR to continue and forced it to also close.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sprinks |first=N.W. |title=Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway |publisher=Irish Railway Record Society (London Area) |year=1970 |location=Billericay}}</ref>

===Rail – current===
Today the nearest railway station to Enniskillen is [[Sligo Mac Diarmada Station|Sligo station]] which is served by multiple trains to [[Dublin Connolly]] and is operated by [[Iarnród Éireann]]. The [[Dublin-Sligo railway line]] has a two-hourly service run by Iarnród Éireann. A connecting bus from Sligo via [[Manorhamilton]] to Enniskillen is operated by [[Bus Éireann]].

===Bus===
Bus service to Enniskillen is provided by both [[Ulsterbus]] and Bus Éireann, from Enniskillen bus station. Number 261, 261b and X261 Goldline buses run from Belfast to Enniskillen. Bus Éireann Route 30 runs from Donegal to [[Dublin Airport]]/Dublin City via Enniskillen.

===Air===
Enniskillen has a [[World War II]]-era airport, [[Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport]]. The airport had scheduled flights in the past but now serves mainly private traffic.

===Road===
The town is on the main [[A4 road (Northern Ireland)|A4]]/[[N16 road (Ireland)|N16]] route linking Belfast and Sligo, and on the main Dublin to [[Ballyshannon]] route, the [[N3 road (Ireland)|N3]]/[[A46 road (Northern Ireland)|A46]]/[[A509 road (Northern Ireland)|A509]].

== Twinning ==
Enniskillen was originally twinned with Brackwede – a Bielefeld suburb – where the [[5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards|Inniskilling Dragoon Guards]] were stationed in the late 1950s when the twinning was initiated; however, this suburb was incorporated into Stadt [[Bielefeld]] in 1973, the city with which Enniskillen is now officially twinned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften |url=http://www.bielefeld.de/de/rv/partner/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224135921/https://www.bielefeld.de/de/rv/partner/ |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=31 January 2018 |website=bielefeld.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 2014 |title=Fermanagh people help to celebrate twin town's 800th anniversary |work=The Impartial Reporter |url=http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/13867677.Fermanagh_people_help_to_celebrate_twin_town_rsquo_s_800th_anniversary/ |url-status=live |access-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201108/http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/13867677.Fermanagh_people_help_to_celebrate_twin_town_rsquo_s_800th_anniversary/ |archive-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>

Though the twinning arrangements are still operational, at a meeting of the Regeneration and Community Committee, in February 2018, it was agreed that the twinning arrangements would be formally terminated at the end of the Council term in June 2018. However, [[Fermanagh and Omagh District Council]] still have plans to send representatives to Brackwede for the 60th-anniversary celebrations of the twinning. Therefore, the future of the twinning is now somewhat unclear.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2018 |title=Looks like Auf Wiedersehen to Enniskillen's twin town |url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2018/09/looks-like-auf-wiedersehen-to-enniskillens-twin-town/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731020445/https://fermanaghherald.com/2018/09/looks-like-auf-wiedersehen-to-enniskillens-twin-town/ |archive-date=31 July 2020 |access-date=8 September 2019 |website=The Fermanagh Herald}}</ref>

== Climate ==
Enniskillen has a [[maritime climate]] with a narrow range of temperatures and rainfall. The nearest official [[Met Office]] [[weather station]] for which online records are available is at Lough Navar Forest,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Station Locations |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ni/images/locations.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006020941/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ni/images/locations.jpg |archive-date=6 October 2012 |access-date=20 September 2011 |publisher=[[MetOffice]]}}</ref> about {{convert|8+1/2|mi|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Enniskillen. Data has also more recently been collected from [[Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport]], under {{convert|4|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the town centre, which should in time give a more accurate representation of the climate of the Enniskillen area.

The absolute maximum temperature is {{convert|29.8|C|F}}, recorded during July 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 Maximum |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=2006&indexid=TXx&stationid=1822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106183013/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=2006&indexid=TXx&stationid=1822 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> In an 'average' year, the warmest day is {{convert|25.5|C|F}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=71-00 Mean Warmest Day |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=1822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106182954/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=1822 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> and only 2.4 days<ref>{{Cite web |title=71-00 >25c days |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=1822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106183009/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=1822 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> a year should rise to {{convert|25.1|C|F}} or above. The respective absolute maximum for St Angelo is {{convert|29.4|C|F}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 Maximum |url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ST_ANGELO/19-07-2006/39030.htm |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref>

The absolute minimum temperature is {{convert|-12.9|C|F}}, recorded during January 1984.<ref name="2003 Sunshine">{{Cite web |title=2003 Sunshine |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=0&year=2003&indexid=SS&stationid=1860 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106183000/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=0&year=2003&indexid=SS&stationid=1860 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> In an 'average' year, the coldest night should fall to {{convert|-8.2|C|F}}. Lough Navar is a frosty location, with some 76 air frosts recorded in a typical year.<ref name="2003 Sunshine" /> It is likely that Enniskillen town centre is significantly less frosty than this. The absolute minimum at St Angelo is {{convert|-14.5|C|F}}, reported during the record cold month of December 2010.<ref name="2003 Sunshine" />

The warmest month on record at St Angelo was August 1995 with a mean temperature of {{convert|18.8|C|F}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=August 1995 |url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ST_ANGELO/08-1995/39030.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005131753/http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ST_ANGELO/08-1995/39030.htm |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> (mean maximum {{convert|23.3|C|F}}, mean minimum {{convert|12.9|C|F}}), while the coldest month was December 2010, with a mean temperature of {{convert|-1.8|C|F}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=December 2010 |url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ST_ANGELO/12-2010/39030.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005131804/http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/ST_ANGELO/12-2010/39030.htm |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> (mean maximum {{convert|2.9|C|F}}, mean minimum {{convert|-5.9|C|F}}).

Rainfall is high, averaging over 1500&nbsp;mm. 212 days of the year report at least 1&nbsp;mm of precipitation, ranging from 15 days during April, May and June, to 20 days in October, November, December, January and March.

The [[Köppen climate classification]] subtype for this climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enniskillen, Northern Ireland Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=591389&cityname=Enniskillen,+Northern+Ireland,+United+Kingdom&units= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516164959/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=591389&cityname=Enniskillen,+Northern+Ireland,+United+Kingdom&units= |archive-date=16 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=Weatherbase}}</ref>
{{Weather box
|location = Lough Navar Forest: {{convert|126|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1960–2019
|collapsed = 
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 13.3
|Feb record high C = 15.4
|Mar record high C = 20.0
|Apr record high C = 23.2
|May record high C = 26.5
|Jun record high C = 29.7
|Jul record high C = 29.8
|Aug record high C = 28.0
|Sep record high C = 23.2
|Oct record high C = 19.5
|Nov record high C = 16.8
|Dec record high C = 14.3
|year record high C =

|Jan high C = 6.8
|Feb high C = 7.5
|Mar high C = 9.6
|Apr high C = 12.3
|May high C = 15.3
|Jun high C = 17.4
|Jul high C = 18.6
|Aug high C = 18.3
|Sep high C = 16.1
|Oct high C = 12.5
|Nov high C = 9.2
|Dec high C = 7.1
|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 3.7
|Feb mean C = 4.1
|Mar mean C = 5.4
|Apr mean C = 7.4
|May mean C = 10.2
|Jun mean C = 12.5
|Jul mean C = 14.2
|Aug mean C = 13.9
|Sep mean C = 11.7
|Oct mean C = 8.7
|Nov mean C = 5.9
|Dec mean C = 3.9
|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 0.6
|Feb low C = 0.6
|Mar low C = 1.3
|Apr low C = 2.5
|May low C = 5.0
|Jun low C = 7.8
|Jul low C = 9.7
|Aug low C = 9.4
|Sep low C = 7.3
|Oct low C = 4.9
|Nov low C = 2.6
|Dec low C = 0.8
|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -12.9
|Feb record low C = -10.5
|Mar record low C = -11.6
|Apr record low C = -7.3
|May record low C = -4.4
|Jun record low C = -2.4
|Jul record low C = 1.0
|Aug record low C = 0.2
|Sep record low C = -2.6
|Oct record low C = -7.2
|Nov record low C = -8.4
|Dec record low C = -14.5
|year record low C =

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 172.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 131.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 121.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 108.9
|May precipitation mm = 103.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 96.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 115.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 122.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 116.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 153.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 172.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 180.9
|year precipitation mm = 1596.3

|Jan precipitation days = 19.8
|Feb precipitation days = 17.8
|Mar precipitation days = 17.8
|Apr precipitation days = 16.5
|May precipitation days = 15.8
|Jun precipitation days = 14.9
|Jul precipitation days = 17.7
|Aug precipitation days = 18.0
|Sep precipitation days = 16.9
|Oct precipitation days = 18.0
|Nov precipitation days = 20.4
|Dec precipitation days = 19.8
|year precipitation days =

|source 1 = Météo Climat<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://climate-datas-weather.dynalias.org/listenormale-1991-2020-4-p183.php
|title= United Kingdom climate normals 1991-2020
|publisher=Météo Climat
|access-date= 1 May 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute|KNMI]] (extremes)<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://climexp.knmi.nl/ecatmin.cgi?id=someone@somewhere&WMO=1822&STATION=LOUGH_NAVAR_FOREST&extraargs= | title = KNMI – Lough Navar Forest minimum temperature time series | access-date = 1 May 2024 | publisher = [[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}</ref>
}}

{{Weather box|location = Lough Navar Forest 126m asl 1961–1990, extremes 1960– (weather station {{convert|8.5|mi|0}} north-west of Enniskillen)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 13.0
|Feb record high C = 15.4
|Mar record high C = 20.0
|Apr record high C = 23.2
|May record high C = 26.1
|Jun record high C = 28.8
|Jul record high C = 29.8
|Aug record high C = 28.0
|Sep record high C = 23.2
|Oct record high C = 19.5
|Nov record high C = 16.8
|Dec record high C = 13.8
|year record high C = 29.8
|Jan high C = 6.4
|Feb high C = 7.0
|Mar high C = 8.9
|Apr high C = 11.5
|May high C = 14.5
|Jun high C = 16.6
|Jul high C = 18.3
|Aug high C = 18.1
|Sep high C = 15.6
|Oct high C = 12.2
|Nov high C = 8.8
|Dec high C = 7.0
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 0.3
|Feb low C = 0.5
|Mar low C = 1.4
|Apr low C = 2.2
|May low C = 4.3
|Jun low C = 7.4
|Jul low C = 9.7
|Aug low C = 9.2
|Sep low C = 7.1
|Oct low C = 5.1
|Nov low C = 2.1
|Dec low C = 1.2
|year low C =
|Jan record low C = -12.9
|Feb record low C = -10.5
|Mar record low C = -11.6
|Apr record low C = -7.3
|May record low C = -4.4
|Jun record low C = -2.4
|Jul record low C = 1.0
|Aug record low C = 0.2
|Sep record low C = -2.6
|Oct record low C = -7.2
|Nov record low C = -8.4
|Dec record low C = -12.8
|year record low C = -12.9
|Jan precipitation mm = 163.38
|Feb precipitation mm = 123.19
|Mar precipitation mm = 136.81
|Apr precipitation mm = 93.85
|May precipitation mm = 87.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 93.39
|Jul precipitation mm = 101.37
|Aug precipitation mm = 117.45
|Sep precipitation mm = 123.94
|Oct precipitation mm = 155.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 157.26
|Dec precipitation mm = 169.1
|year precipitation mm =
|Jan precipitation days  = 20
|Feb precipitation days  = 16
|Mar precipitation days  = 19
|Apr precipitation days  = 14
|May precipitation days  = 14
|Jun precipitation days  = 15
|Jul precipitation days  = 16
|Aug precipitation days  = 16
|Sep precipitation days  = 17
|Oct precipitation days  = 19
|Nov precipitation days  = 19
|Dec precipitation days  = 20
|year precipitation days =
|source 1 = Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=1961–1990 averages |url=http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Enniskillen/statistics.html |access-date=16 September 2011 |publisher=[[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731002357/http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Enniskillen/statistics.html |archive-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>
|source 2 = Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Normals 1971–2000 |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106183006/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011 |publisher=[[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]}}</ref>
|date=November 2014}}

== See also ==
* [[List of civil parishes of County Fermanagh]]
* [[List of localities in Northern Ireland by population]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Enniskillen}}
{{Wikivoyage}}
* [http://www.enniskillen.com Enniskillen.Com]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment Science & Environment | Latest News & Updates | BBC News] BBC short on Enniskillen's forgotten streets.

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