Portora Castle
Portora Castle is a castle in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The castle was built for Sir William Cole who purchased the land in 1612.Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Macartin’s Cathedral and South West Acute Hospital.
St Macartin’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Rosemary Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen, is one of two cathedral churches in the Diocese of Clogher in the Church of Ireland. It stands on high ground overlooking the town of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. St Macartin’s Cathedral is situated 1 mile southeast of Portora Castle.
South West Acute Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South West Acute Hospital is a local teaching hospital located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is managed by Western Health and Social Care Trust. South West Acute Hospital is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Portora Castle.
Enniskillen Library
Library
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Enniskillen Library is situated 1 mile southeast of Portora Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enniskillen and Ballycassidy.
Enniskillen
Photo: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Enniskillen is the county town of County Fermanagh at the western edge of Northern Ireland. The town grew up on an island in the River Erne, which connects Upper and Lower Lough Erne and is navigable; boating and angling are major pastimes here.
Ballycassidy
Locality
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballycassidy is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 6.5 km north of Enniskillen on the eastern shore of Lower Lough Erne. Ballycassidy is situated 3½ miles north of Portora Castle.
Tamlaght
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tamlaght is a townland and village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 4.5 km south-east of Enniskillen. It is situated in the civil parish of Derryvullan and the historic barony of Tirkennedy. In the 2021 Census it had a population of 341 people. Tamlaght is situated 4 miles southeast of Portora Castle.
Portora Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.35601° or 54° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
-7.65911° or 7° 39′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6J984R+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4581802433OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q7232211
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Portora Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Portora Castle”
- German: “Portora Castle”
- Turkish: “Portora Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Портора”
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