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{{Short description|County in Northern Ireland}}
{{Short description|County in Northern Ireland}}
{{pp|small=yes}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Fermanagh]], an ancient Gaelic kingdom}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Fermanagh]], an ancient Gaelic kingdom}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = County Fermanagh
| name               = County Fermanagh
| native_name       = {{native name|ga|Contae Fhear Manach}}<br />''Coontie Fermanay'' ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])
| native_name         = {{native name|ga|Contae Fhear Manach}}<br />''Coontie Fermanay'' ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])
| settlement_type   = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| settlement_type     = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
| image_shield       = Ferm arms.png
| image_shield       = Ferm arms.png
| shield_size       = 120px
| shield_size         = 120px
| nickname           = The Lakeland County
| nickname           = The Lakeland County
| motto             = ''Feor Magh Eanagh'' {{spaces|2}}([[Irish language|Irish]])<br />"the Country of the Lakes"
| motto               = {{force singular}} ''Feor Magh Eanagh'' {{spaces|2}}([[Irish language|Irish]])<br />"the Country of the Lakes"
| image_map         = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Fermanagh.svg
| image_map           = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Fermanagh.svg
| area_total_km2     = 1851
| area_total_km2     = 1851
| area_land_km2     = 1691
| area_land_km2       = 1691
| area_rank         = [[List of Irish counties by area|25th]]
| area_rank           = [[List of Irish counties by area|25th]]
| seat_type         = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County town]]
| seat_type           = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County town]]
| seat               = [[Enniskillen]]
| seat               = [[Enniskillen]]
| unit_pref         = Imperial
| unit_pref           = Imperial
| elevation_max_m   = 665
| elevation_max_m     = 665
| elevation_max_point = [[Cuilcagh]]
| elevation_max_point = [[Cuilcagh]]
| timezone           = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| timezone           = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset         = ±0
| utc_offset         = ±0
| timezone_DST       = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| timezone_DST       = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +1
| utc_offset_DST     = +1
| website           =  
| website             =  
| postal_code_type   = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]
| postal_code_type   = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]
| postal_code       = [[BT postcode area|BT]]
| postal_code         = [[BT postcode area|BT]]
| established_title = Established
| established_title   = Established
| established_date   = 1584/85
| established_date   = 1584/85
| population        = 63585
| population_total    = 63585
| population_rank   = [[List of Irish counties by population|29th]]<ref name="CAIN">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ni/popul.htm|title=Background Information on Northern Ireland Society – Population and Vital Statistics|publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206105725/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ni/popul.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_rank     = [[List of Irish counties by population|29th]]<ref name="CAIN">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ni/popul.htm|title=Background Information on Northern Ireland Society – Population and Vital Statistics|publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk|access-date=20 October 2012|archive-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206105725/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ni/popul.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_as_of   = 2021
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_name   = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Constituent country]]
| subdivision_type1   = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Constituent country]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Northern Ireland]]
| subdivision_name1   = [[Northern Ireland]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_type2   = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ulster]]
| subdivision_name2   = [[Ulster]]
| footnotes         = ''Contae Fhear Manach'' is the [[Irish language|Irish]] name; ''Countie Fermanagh'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_2004_-_uslter_scots-2.pdf |title=North-South Ministerial Council: 2004 Annual Report in Ulster Scots |publisher=Northsouthministerialcouncil.org |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902235901/https://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_2004_-_uslter_scots-2.pdf |archive-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> ''Coontie Fermanagh''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismireland.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=dd88f67c-d3bd-465b-800d-b7fe8244f3cf |title=Tourism Ireland: Yierly Report 2007 |publisher=Tourismireland.com |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717083407/http://www.tourismireland.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=dd88f67c-d3bd-465b-800d-b7fe8244f3cf |archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> and ''Coontie Fermanay''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |title=Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council |publisher=Dungannon.gov.uk |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408052025/http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> are [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]] spellings (the latter used only by Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council).
| footnotes           = ''Contae Fhear Manach'' is the [[Irish language|Irish]] name; ''Countie Fermanagh'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_2004_-_uslter_scots-2.pdf |title=North-South Ministerial Council: 2004 Annual Report in Ulster Scots |publisher=Northsouthministerialcouncil.org |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902235901/https://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/nsmc_annual_report_2004_-_uslter_scots-2.pdf |archive-date=2 September 2012}}</ref> ''Coontie Fermanagh''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismireland.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=dd88f67c-d3bd-465b-800d-b7fe8244f3cf |title=Tourism Ireland: Yierly Report 2007 |publisher=Tourismireland.com |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717083407/http://www.tourismireland.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=dd88f67c-d3bd-465b-800d-b7fe8244f3cf |archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> and ''Coontie Fermanay''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |title=Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council |publisher=Dungannon.gov.uk |access-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408052025/http://www.dungannon.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/Ulsterscotch |archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> are [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]] spellings (the latter used only by Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council).
| official_name     =  
| official_name       =  
| area_code         = 028
| area_code           = 028
}}
}}
'''County Fermanagh''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ər|ˈ|m|æ|n|ə}} {{respell|fər|MAN|ə}}; {{Irish derived place name|Fir Manach / Fear Manach|men of Manach}}) is one of the [[Counties of Ireland|thirty-two counties]] of [[Ireland]], one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]] and one of [[Counties of Northern Ireland|six counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]].
'''County Fermanagh''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ər|ˈ|m|æ|n|ə}}, {{respell|fər|MAN|ə}}; {{Irish derived place name|Fir Manach / Fear Manach|men of Manach}}) is one of the six [[counties of Northern Ireland]], one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]] and one of the traditional thirty-two [[counties of Ireland]].  


The county covers an area of {{convert|1,691|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=County |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&%7ECOUNTY_NI=5 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Build or find Census 2021 tables {{!}} NISRA Flexible Table Builder |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=build.nisra.gov.uk}}</ref> [[Enniskillen]] is the [[county town]] and largest in both size and population.
The county covers an area of {{convert|1,691|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=County |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&%7ECOUNTY_NI=5 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Build or find Census 2021 tables {{!}} NISRA Flexible Table Builder |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/ |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=build.nisra.gov.uk}}</ref> [[Enniskillen]] is the [[county town]] and largest in both size and population.
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Fermanagh was a stronghold of the [[Maguire of Fermanagh|Maguire clan]] and Donn Carrach Maguire (died 1302) was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty. However, on the confiscation of lands relating to [[Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)|Hugh Maguire]], Fermanagh was divided in a similar manner to the other five escheated counties among Scottish and English undertakers and native Irish. The baronies of [[Knockninny]] and [[Magheraboy]] were allotted to Scottish undertakers, those of [[Clankelly]], [[Magherastephana]] and [[Lurg]] to English undertakers and those of [[Clanawley]], [[Coole (barony)|Coole]], and [[Tirkennedy|Tyrkennedy]], to servitors and natives. The chief families to benefit under the new settlement were the families of Cole, Blennerhasset, Butler, Hume, and Dunbar.
Fermanagh was a stronghold of the [[Maguire of Fermanagh|Maguire clan]] and Donn Carrach Maguire (died 1302) was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty. However, on the confiscation of lands relating to [[Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)|Hugh Maguire]], Fermanagh was divided in a similar manner to the other five escheated counties among Scottish and English undertakers and native Irish. The baronies of [[Knockninny]] and [[Magheraboy]] were allotted to Scottish undertakers, those of [[Clankelly]], [[Magherastephana]] and [[Lurg]] to English undertakers and those of [[Clanawley]], [[Coole (barony)|Coole]], and [[Tirkennedy|Tyrkennedy]], to servitors and natives. The chief families to benefit under the new settlement were the families of Cole, Blennerhasset, Butler, Hume, and Dunbar.


Fermanagh was made into a county by a statute of Elizabeth I, but it was not until the time of the [[Plantation of Ulster]] that it was finally brought under civil government.
Fermanagh was made into a county by a statute of [[Elizabeth I]], but it was not until the time of the [[Plantation of Ulster]] that it was finally brought under civil government.


The closure of all the lines of [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] within County Fermanagh in 1957 left the county as the first non-island county in the UK without a railway service.
The closure of all the lines of [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] within County Fermanagh in 1957 left the county as the first non-island county in the UK without a railway service.
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=== 2011 census ===
=== 2011 census ===
On Census Day (27 March 2011), the usually resident population of [[Fermanagh District Council|Fermanagh Local Government District]], the borders of the district were very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, was 61,805. Of these:<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Fermanagh Local Government District |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Fermanagh@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Fermanagh@3? |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=NISRA}} [[File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg|30x30px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref>
On Census Day (27 March 2011), the usually resident population of [[Fermanagh District Council|Fermanagh Local Government District]], the borders of the district were very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, was 61,805. Of these:<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Fermanagh Local Government District |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Fermanagh@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Fermanagh@3? |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=NISRA}} [[File:Open Government Licence logo.svg|30x30px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref>
   
   
*0.93% were from an ethnic minority population and the remaining 99.07% were white (including Irish Traveller)
*0.93% were from an ethnic minority population and the remaining 99.07% were white (including Irish Traveller)
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!63,585
!63,585
!100.0
!100.0
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religious affiliation of Fermanagh residents according to Historical Censuses<ref name"1926 Census">{{cite web |title=CENSUS OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1926 |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/files/nisra/publications/1926-census-county-fermanagh-report.PDF |website=NISRA |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="1961 Census">{{cite web |title=Census of Population 1961 COUNTY OF FERMANAGH |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/files/nisra/publications/1961-census-fermanagh-county-report.pdf |website=NISRA |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>
!Year
!Total population
!% Roman Catholics
!Number of Roman Catholics
!% Presbyterians
!Number of Presbyterians
!% Church of Ireland and other Episcopalians
!Number of Church of Ireland and other Episcopalians
!% Methodists
!Number of Methodists
!% Other denominations
!Number of Other denominations
|-
|1861
|105,788
|56.5%
|59,751
|1.8%
|1,909
|38.4%
|40,608
|3.3%
|3,455
|<0.1%
|45
|-
|1871
|92,768
|55.9%
|51,876
|1.9%
|1,813
|37.8%
|35,072
|4.1%
|3,794
|0.3%
|239
|-
|1881
|84,879
|55.8%
|47,359
|2.0%
|1,708
|36.4%
|30,874
|5.7%
|4,863
|0.1%
|75
|-
|1891
|74,170
|55.4%
|41,102
|1.8%
|1,312
|36.2%
|26,869
|6.4%
|4,779
|0.2%
|107
|-
|1901
|65,430
|55.3%
|36,198
|2.0%
|1,282
|35.3%
|23,099
|7.2%
|4,744
|0.2%
|107
|-
|1911
|61,836
|56.2%
|34,740
|2.0%
|1,264
|34.2%
|21,123
|6.5%
|4,028
|1.1%
|681
|-
|1926
|57,984
|56.0%
|32,455
|2.5%
|1,461
|33.6%
|19,496
|6.3%
|3,663
|1.6%
|909
|-
|1937
|54,569
|55.3%
|30,196
|3.0%
|1,616
|33.4%
|18,252
|6.4%
|3,486
|1.9%
|1,019
|-
|1951
|53,044
|55.6%
|29,461
|3.4%
|1,799
|32.8%
|17,411
|6.4%
|3,399
|1.8%
|974
|-
|1961
|51,531
|53.2%
|27,422
|3.9%
|2,021
|33.3%
|17,141
|6.7%
|3,465
|2.9%
|1,482
|}
|}


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=== Large towns ===
=== Large towns ===
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI">{{cite web | title=Statistical classification of settlements | work=NI Neighbourhood Information Service | url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | access-date=23 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217122433/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | archive-date=17 February 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI">{{cite web | title=Statistical classification of settlements | work=NI Neighbourhood Information Service | url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | access-date=23 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217122433/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | archive-date=17 February 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* none
* none


===Medium towns===
===Medium towns===
(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
(population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
* [[Enniskillen]]
* [[Enniskillen]]


===Small towns===
===Small towns===
(population of 5,000 or more and under 10,000 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
(population of 5,000 or more and under 10,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
* none
* none


===Intermediate settlements===
===Intermediate settlements===
(population of 2,500 or more and under 4,500 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
(population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
* [[Irvinestown]]
* [[Lisnaskea]]
* [[Lisnaskea]]


===Villages===
===Villages===
(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,500 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
(population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
* [[Ballinamallard]]
* [[Ballinamallard]]
* [[Irvinestown]]
* [[Kesh, County Fermanagh|Kesh]]
* [[Kesh, County Fermanagh|Kesh]]
* [[Lisbellaw]]
* [[Lisbellaw]]
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===Small villages or hamlets===
===Small villages or hamlets===
(population of less than 1,000 at 2011 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
(population of less than 1,000 at 2021 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
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* [[Aghadrumsee]]
* [[Aghadrumsee]]
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{{commons category}}
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{{Wikivoyage}}
{{Wikivoyage}}
*[https://wikishire.co.uk/map/#Fermanagh Fermanagh on the interactive map of the counties of Great Britain and Ireland] – Wikishire
* [http://fermanaghroots.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page A folk history of Fermanagh]
* [http://fermanaghroots.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page A folk history of Fermanagh]


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