County Fermanagh is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
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11 Facts About County Fermanagh
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County Fermanagh is one of four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of its population from a Catholic background, according to the 2011 census.
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County Fermanagh is situated in the southwest corner of Northern Ireland.
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County Fermanagh enjoys a temperate oceanic climate with cool winters, mild humid summers, and a lack of temperature extremes, according to the Koppen climate classification.
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County Fermanagh is situated over a sequence of prominent faults, primarily the Killadeas – Seskinore Fault, the Tempo – Sixmilecross Fault, the Belcoo Fault and the Clogher Valley Fault which cross-cuts Lough Erne.
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County Fermanagh was a stronghold of the Maguire clan and Donn Carrach Maguire was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty.
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However, on the confiscation of lands relating to Hugh Maguire, County Fermanagh was divided in a similar manner to the other five escheated counties among Scottish and English undertakers and native Irish.
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Purposes of elections to the UK Parliament, the territory of County Fermanagh is part of the County Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency.
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County Fermanagh is home to The Boatyard Distillery, a distillery producing gin.
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County Fermanagh GAA has never won a Senior Provincial or an All-Ireland title in any Gaelic games.
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Railway lines in County Fermanagh connected Enniskillen railway station with Derry from 1854, Dundalk from 1861, Bundoran from 1868 and Sligo from 1882.
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