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ENNISKILLEN CASTLE in Enniskillen

ENNISKILLEN CASTLE
ENNISKILLEN CASTLE in Enniskillen
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Enniskillen Castle stands in County Fermanagh, a post-medieval ruin preserved under State Care. Its stones have watched the water and waited for hands that never returned. The castle does not need a hero to be great; it is great because it is still standing while every proud flesh and forgotten kingdom has dissolved into rain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENNISKILLEN CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Enniskillen Castle was built in the 17th century by the MacLaughlins, an Irish Gaelic clan, and later held by English and Scottish settlers during the Plantation of Ulster. It is important as a symbol of the political and cultural changes in Ulster following the Flight of the Earls and the subsequent colonization efforts by the Crown.

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Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0