When the Siege of Derry began on 18 April 1689 James II had a boom built across the River Foyle to stop food and other necessities being brought into the City. Continue reading “Browning Memorial – Relief of Derry Commemorations”
Irvinestown Old Church and Graveyard
After about ten years into the Plantation of Ulster, Nicholas Pynnar was appointed ‘to survey and to make a return of the proceedings and performance of conditions of the undertakers, servitors, and natives planted’ in the six escheated counties of Armagh, Tyrone, Donegal, Cavan, Fermanagh, and Londonderry. Pynnar carried out his rather inconclusive survey (another had to be done three years later) between December 1618 and March 1619. Continue reading “Irvinestown Old Church and Graveyard”
Enniskillen Castle Complex
The castle complex consists of a number of buildings including the Keep (main castle), the Watergate, a magazine, various barracks buildings and a reception area. The reception area, which houses the Fermanagh County Museum, opened in 1992-3. Continue reading “Enniskillen Castle Complex”
The Rambling Wombat 