Not Myanmar, folks. It’s our own dear Kesh.
Who wouldn’t want to go there on vacation?
PS: the Myanmar thing was kinda clever.
Come to Lisnaskea for the NEWSAGENT, stay for the exhaust fumes
At this stage, it was getting beyond a joke. Wow, just wow.
Is it just me, or is this lady texting?
Cliff House, Belleek
This was sent from Belleek in 1904. Isn’t that something?
It was built by a Thomas Conolly, an irish Conservative Party politician. The Conolly summer residence ‘Cliff House’ on the banks of the Erne River was demolished as part of the Erne Hydroelectric scheme. Cliff hydroelectric power station was constructed on the site of ‘Cliff House’ and was commissioned in 1950.
East Bridge Street, Enniskillen
A couple of different shots of a familiar scene. If you look closely you’ll see the traffic has increased exponentially by the second postcard.
The view from Cole’s monument
No matter where you go in Enniskillen, you can’t help but seeing the statue depicting Lowry Cole, surmounting a 30-metre (98 ft) column in Fort Hill Park, carried out by the Irish sculptor, Terence Farrell in 1845. The monument took twelve years to complete.
A few different vistas below from over the decades.
You can still go up there if you have a good head for heights. Contacts and times below.
Phone number(028) 6632 5000
Opening times
Cole’s Monument Opening Hours 2018
April: Monday 2 April 1-4 pm
May: Bank Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays 1-3 pm
June: Saturdays and Sundays 1-3 pm
July: Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & 12th and 13th 1-3 pm
August: Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holiday (27th) 1-3 pm
September: Saturdays and Sundays 1-3 pm
Garrison Chapel and School – 1950s
St Mary’s Church and School in Garrison. Neither of these buildings are there anymore.
My great-grandparents and grandparents married there, my Dad went to school there and my mother is buried in that graveyard. The church was gone before I remember it but the school stood until the 80s or 90s and I do remember being in that.
I searched for years for a photo of this chapel and school but to no avail until a local man gave this postcard to me. This is the first time I’ve seen a real photo of it. It makes me happy and sad. Time moves on and there’s a new chapel and school now and a lot more souls in that graveyard.
Enjoy this little piece of forever gone Fermanagh.
Lough Melvin – 1902
My dear own Lough Melvin in 1902.
This photo isn’t technically Fermanagh, but this is my collection and I’m putting it in. Some nice fish here. I’m guessing the men at the front are the rich landed gentry and the guy at the back is their ghillie. I think he really looks like Jim Connolly of Rossinver.
That stone wall is there there to this day on the Rossinver to Kinlough Road.
Snowhill – Lisbellaw
I was today years old when I found out that this house existed.
A Google search says “A demesne with a house from 1760 set high on undulating ground. Features include mature parkland and woodland trees, a tree ring, a bridge over the drive and a gate lodge.”
The gatehouse is still there but I doubt there’s much left of the original house. It is a beauty.
The Graan
You see? I wasn’t kidding. it really is The Graan. On a postcard.
A Postcard from County Fermanagh 