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See also:ENNISKILLEN [INNISKILLING] , a See also:market See also:town and the See also:county town of county See also:Fermanagh, See also:Ireland, in the See also:north See also:parliamentary See also:division, picturesquely situated on an See also:island in the See also:river connecting the upper and See also:lower loughs See also:Erne, 116 m. N.W. from See also:Dublin by ,he See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5412. The town occupies the whole island, and is connected with two suburbs on the mainland on each See also:side by two See also:bridges. It has a brewery, tanneries and a small manufactory of See also:cutlery, and a considerable See also:trade in See also:corn, pork and See also:flax. In 1689 Enniskillen defeated a See also:superior force sent against it by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. at the See also:battle of Crom; and See also:part of the defenders of the town were subsequently formed into a See also:regiment of See also:cavalry, which still retains the name of the Inniskilling Dragoons. The town was incorporated by James I., and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union; thereafter it returned one to the Imperial parliament until 1885. There are wide communications by See also:water by the river and the upper and lower loughs Erne, and by the See also:Ulster See also:canal to See also:Belfast. The loughs contain See also:trout, large See also:pike and other coarse See also:fish. Two See also:miles from Enniskillen in the lower lough is Devenish Island, with its celebrated monastic remains. The See also:abbey of St See also:Mary here was founded by St Molaise (Laserian) in the 6th See also:century; here too are a See also:fine See also:round See also:tower 85 ft. high, remains of domestic buildings, a holed See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and a tall well-preserved See also:cross. The whole is carefully preserved by
the commissioners of public See also:works under the Irish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church See also:Act of 1869. Steamers ply between Enniskillen and Belleek on the lower See also:lake, and between Enniskillen and Knockninny on the upper lake.
End of Article: ENNISKILLEN [INNISKILLING]
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