
What is recorded here
Cleenish Island in County Fermanagh holds twelve abandoned stone houses from a post-First World War resettlement scheme that gave each veteran thirty to forty acres and no bridge, shops, or utilities. Eleven men left, but Johnny Balfour stayed until he died at 102, and his children still call the mysterious water place home.
Cleenish Island is recorded as a island in County Fermanagh. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Cleenish Island is part of the Cuilcagh Mountain range in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is notable for its rugged landscape and connection to the historic Cleenish Pass, a significant route through the mountain. The area has historical links to early monastic settlements and was once part of the territory of the O'Farrell clan.
Places near here
Knock IslandIsland · 1158 yd
SQUARE ENCLOSURE in Knock IslandSQUARE ENCLOSURE · 1378 yd
ENCLOSURE in CrockareddyENCLOSURE · 1586 yd
Derrybrusk Church (In ruins)Ruins · 1.1 mi
Old Church RuinsRuins · 1.3 mi
Sheelin Lace MuseumMuseum · 1.6 mi
InishmoreIsland · 2.1 mi
The Ice HouseHeritage attraction · 2.3 mi
Slatequay WoodWood · 2.7 mi
Blackbog WoodWood · 2.7 mi
Inishbeg HillMountain / peak · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0