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Counties Fermanagh & Tyrone ©Lonely¨Planet¨Publications¨Pty¨Ltd Counties Fermanagh & popTyrone 230,000 / area 4846 sq km Why Go? County Fermanagh ...650 The ancient landscape of Fermanagh is shaped by ice and Enniskillen .................650 water, with rugged hills rising above quilted plains of half- drowned drumlins (rounded hills formed by retreating Around Enniskillen ....653 glaciers) and shimmering, reed-fringed lakes. A glance at Upper Lough Erne .....653 the map shows the county is around one-third water – as Lower Lough Erne .....656 the locals will tell you, the lakes are in Fermanagh for six West of Lough Erne ...659 months of the year; for the other six, Fermanagh is in the Country Tyrone.......... 661 lakes. This watery maze is a natural playground for anglers and canoeists. Omagh ....................... 661 County Tyrone – from Tír Eoghain (Land of Owen, a leg- Around Omagh .......... 661 endary chieftain) – is the homeland of the O’Neill clan, and Sperrin Mountains ....662 is dominated by the tweed-tinted moorlands of the Sperrin East Tyrone ................663 Mountains, whose southern flanks are dotted with prehis- toric sites. Apart from the hiking opportunities offered by these heather-clad hills, the county’s main attraction is the Ulster American Folk Park, a fascinating outdoor museum Best Places to Eat celebrating Ulster’s historic links with the USA. ¨¨Dollakis (p651) ¨¨Deli on the Green (p663) When to Go ¨¨Terrace restaurant (p651) ¨¨may marks the start of the mayfly season, the most ¨ ¨Cedars Bistro (p657) exciting time for trout fishing on Lough erne, while June is the ¨¨philly’s phinest (p661) ideal month for cruising the lakes. ¨¨If hiking is more to your taste, July is ideal for hill walking in the sperrins. You can join a mass pilgrimage to the summit of Best Places to mullaghcarn, above Gortin, on Cairn sunday, the last sunday Stay in the month. ¨¨Westville Hotel (p650) ¨¨The tail end of summer is enlivened by the Ulster american Folk park’s annual appalachian and Bluegrass music Festival. ¨¨Cedars Guesthouse (p657) ¨¨Tullylagan Country House (p663) ¨¨kilmore quay Club (p656) ¨¨mullaghmore House (p661) 648 Counties Lough Fermanagh Swilly & Tyrone Highlights 1 hike over rare Countiesblanket Fermanagh & bog to the remote summit of DONEGAL Cuilcagh Mountain (p660) 2 Ponder the meaning of the Castlefin strange stone figures #\ #\ on White Island Stranorlar (p657) and Boa /·N15 Island (p657) 3 Follow the course of an underground t Castlederg yroneriver through the #\ Marble Arch Caves (p660) #] F 4 Donegal hire a canoe and E r explore the reed- ma fringed backwaters Lough Derg n of Lough Erne (p653) A gh5 & T yr Learn about the historical links /·N15 between ireland and the USA at the Ulster American Folk Park #\Kesh O #2 n (p661) /·A47 White Island Castle Archdale E Country Park 6 &Boa Island h See how the #÷ Belleek#\ Irvinestown ighirish aristocracy #\ #\ #\ #æ Lough #4 Lisnarick enjoyed the high life Rosscor #÷ Cliffs of Erne L Lough #\ ighin the elegant country Melvin Lough Navar Magho Killadeas Forest Park Blaney #\ house of Florence /·A32 /·B81 #\ ts Derrygonnelly /· Court (p659) #\ Garrison B82 /·A46 #\ Trory 7 Explore the Celtic /·B52 monastic settlement Devenish Island#7 on Devenish Island Castle Enniskillen#] Coole (p656), and climb to â# the top of its ancient Lough Macnean round tower Upper Belcoo /·A5 #\ Lough /·N16 #\ Macnean Blacklion Lower Marble Arch Caves#3 Bellanaleck Upper #\ Lough Florence Court #6 Erne /·A32 #1 Cuilcagh Derrylin #\ Mountain Lough Allen LEITRIM.
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