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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Fermanagh

Lower Lough Erne by Alistair Cunningham
Lower Loch Erne, County Fermanagh, © 2005, Alistair Cunningham
COUNTY FERMANAGH

Irish Name: Fear Manach
Nickname: The Lakeland County
Motto: Feor Magh Eanagh (The Country of the Lakes)
County Town: Enniskillen
Province: Ulster
Region: Northern Ireland

Tartan: The County Fermanagh tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in shades of blue, with green, butter yellow, and brown accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Fermanagh Tartan

County Fermanagh Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Cassidy, Dolan, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Flanagan, Gallagher, Irvine, Johnston, MacManus, Maguire, McGovern, McHugh, McLoughlin, Murphy, Reilly, Thompson, Wilson

(Irish Emigrants):
Armstrong, Collum, Dolan, Graham, Jones, Maguire, McCusker, McGuire, McManus, Tierney

Next page: County Galway

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Fermanagh tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Lower Lough Erne, 2005, Alistair Cunningham, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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