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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Derrygonnelly like this:
DERRYGONNELLY, a market-town, partly in the parish of DEVENISH, and partly in that of INNISMACSAINT, barony of MAGHERABOY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER, 7 miles (N. W.) from Enniskillen, on the road to Sligo; the population is returned with the respective parishes. This town, which is the property of General Archdall, consists of one main street of newly built houses, and a market-house: it has a penny post to Enniskillen. ...
The market is on Saturday; and fairs are held on the 24th of each month for general farming stock. A constabulary police force is stationed here, and petty sessions are held every alternate week: a manorial court also is occasionally held. It contains a R. C. chapel dependent on that of Devenish, which union or district is also called Derrygonnelly, and a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Near the town are the ruins of an old church, originally a chapel of ease to the parochial church, built by the Dunbar family.
Derrygonnelly is now part of FERMANAGH AND OMAGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how FERMANAGH AND OMAGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Derrygonnelly itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Derrygonnelly, in Fermanagh and Omagh and County Fermanagh | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29361
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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