Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Enniskillen. You may be able to find further references to Enniskillen in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
ENNISKILLEN a borough and market-town, and a parish Lewis:Ireland

Travel writing

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Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Arthur Young 11th to 20th August 1776: Donegal, Fermanagh and Cavan 4
John Wesley 1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People 3
John Wesley 1760-2: Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; Speaking Statue; Pentecost 1

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