Fir Manach or Fear Manach means ‘Men of Manach’. The Menapii are the only known Celtic tribe specifically named on Ptolemy’s 150AD map of Ireland, where they located their first colony- Menapia – on the Leinster coast circa 216 BC. They later settled around Lough Erne, becoming known as the Fir Manach, and giving their name to Fermanagh and Monaghan.
Motto: Feor Magh Eanagh (this is the only non-Latin motto in Northern Ireland) – Country of the lakes
Boa Island Figures, Boa Island. County Fermanagh 400AD- 800AD
emmet2023-10-12T09:38:02+00:00Unique stone-sculptured figures The Boa Island figures are mysterious stone carvings that date between the late Iron Age and the early Christian period. The taller one has been described as a Janus figure [...]