Enniskillen is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
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14 Facts About Enniskillen
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Enniskillen Castle was built in the 15th century as a stronghold of the Maguires, before coming under English control in the early 17th century.
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Town's oldest building is Enniskillen Castle, built by Hugh the Hospitable who died in 1428.
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Enniskillen is the site of the foundation of two British Army regiments:.
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Enniskillen was the site of several events during The Troubles, the most notable being the Remembrance Day bombing in which 11 people were killed.
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Enniskillen has a maritime climate with a narrow range of temperatures and rainfall.
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Enniskillen Rangers have several notable former players including Sandy Fulton and Jim Cleary.
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Enniskillen Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club founded in 1927.
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Enniskillen was the venue of the 39th G8 summit which was held on 17 and 18 June 2013.
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Enniskillen has hosted the Happy Days arts festival since 2012, which celebrates "the work and influence of Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett" and is the "first annual, international, multi-arts festival to be held in Northern Ireland since the launch of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's in 1962".
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Bus service to Enniskillen is provided by both Ulsterbus and Bus Eireann, from Enniskillen bus station.
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Enniskillen was originally twinned with Brackwede – a Bielefeld suburb – where the Inniskilling Dragoon Guards were stationed in the late 1950s when the twinning was initiated; however, this suburb was incorporated into Stadt Bielefeld in 1973, the city with which Enniskillen is officially twinned.
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