Counties Fermanagh & Tyrone

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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) r h n #\ le e ne ug in n Er fi y yl Lo Uppe Cast Cool #\ # â rr s or #\ rg h 2 k #\ Tr ea De ug A3 k #] ar #\ k /· #\ Irvinestow Castle chdale 2 7 n Lo Swilly # y P B8 Ar /· alec aric d Killad le 2 sh Castlede #\ an sn 6 y st 6 # ll A3 #\ /· Li Ke ar t A4 Countr Ca #÷ /· Islan #\ Be 4 Enniskille # A5 norl onnell /· h Cour ra n ne yg #\ d n St #\ 3 rr Er # r h 1 s Loug De # slan untai cnea Devenish aney Island #\ we ug 2 Bl # e I Cuilcagh Ma Lo Lo Mo oa h Florence Cave o lcoo of 1 5 N1 #\ /· ug B8 Be /· ch #æ Derg Whit &B n #\ Lo M Magh Ar Cliffs le L ITRI acklio ar rk #÷ rb Bl 7 av LE Pa r A4 /· l r st Ma h N NEGA co ga #\ Uppe Fore DO acnean h 6 N1 n /· Loug 2 le Ross ug B5 h M /· Done Garrison Al Lo #\ #] ug #\

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