County Fermanagh

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

Monea Castle, Monea, County Fermanagh 1618 

2023-05-05T05:42:28+00:00

One of Ireland's finest plantation castles This site was originally the stronghold of the Maguire Clan whose outline of a crannog can still be seen at the shoreline. Monea Castle was built for [...]

Monea Castle, Monea, County Fermanagh 1618 2023-05-05T05:42:28+00:00
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