- Arlene Foster
Cllr Arlene Isabel Foster (née Kelly is a Northern Irish unionist politician. She is one of two Democratic Unionist Party MLAs representing the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly alongside Maurice Morrow. In addition, she is a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and a councillor on Fermanagh District Council representing Enniskillen. A solicitor by profession, she currently practices in Portadown, … - Michael Jackson
The Right Reverend Dr. Michael Jackson (born 24 May 1956) has been the Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher since 2002. His father, the late Roy Jackson, was an archdeacon. Jackson was born in Lurgan, and educated at Ballinamallard Primary School, Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin, before going on to do postgraduate studies in Cambridge. He married Inez Cooke, a medical doctor who was born in County Fermanagh, and they have one daughter, … - Gordon Wilson
Gordon Wilson (25 September 1927 - 27 June 1995) was the father of Marie Wilson, one of 11 victims of the Enniskillen Remembrance Day Bombing by the Provisional IRA in 1987. He was born in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim several years after the partition of Ireland. He spent most of his adult life running the family drapery business in High Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. - Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty (born 16 September 1987 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley Football Club in the English Football League Championship. The Northern Ireland youngster, who plays as a striker, started his career with Fermanagh side NFC Kesh before signing a YTS contract in 2004 for the Lancashire outfit. - William Willoughby Cole 3rd Earl of Enniskillen
William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (January 25, 1807- November 21, 1886), known as Viscount Cole from 1807 to 1840, was a British palaeontologist and Conservative Member of Parliament. Cole was the son of John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, and Lady Charlotte Paget. He was and educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. In his youth he began to devote his leisure to the study and collection of fossil fishes, … - Roy Carroll
Roy Eric Carroll (born September 30 1977 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh) is a Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League. - Neil Hannon
Neil Hannon (born 7 November, 1970) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the creator (in 1989) and frontman of the orchestral pop group, The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!" Hannon was born in Derry in Northern Ireland. - William Irvine
William Irvine (November 3, 1741 - July 29, 1804) was an Irish-American physician, soldier, and statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and represented Pennsylvania in both the Continental Congress (1787-88) and the United States House of Representatives (1793-1795). Irvine was born near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in Ireland. He lies buried at Gloria Dei Church cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August, 1958), is a Northern Irish actor best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, "Hear My Song", nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. Dunbar was born and brought up in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the eldest of seven siblings. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. - Harry West
Harry William West (March 27 1917 - February 5 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979. West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen. He worked as a farmer, taking an interest in local government, but it was not until 1954 that he entered Stormont as member for the Enniskillen seat, succeeding Thomas Charles Nelson. - Michael McGovern
Michael McGovern (born 12 July, 1984 in Enniskillen) is a Northern Ireland U-21 international goalkeeper, currently playing for Celtic. He made his first-team debut for Celtic as a substitute in Henrik Larsson's farewell testimonial match. McGovern began his career at his local club, Enniskillen Town United, where he came up through the youth ranks to eventually become first-choice keeper for the first team at a young age. - Edward Jones
General Sir Charles Edward Webb Jones KCB CVO CBE (25 September 1936 - 14 May 2007) was a senior officer in the British Army. He served as Quartermaster-General and as Britain's military representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He retired from the Army in 1995 to become Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (or simply Black Rod) in the British Parliament's House of Lords, serving in that office until 2001. Jones was born in Altrincham in Cheshire. - Father Brian D'Arcy
Father Brian D'Arcy is a Passionist priest based in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Originally from Fermanagh, Father Brian serves as Rector of St. Gabriel's Retreat, the Graan. A noted author, newspaper columnist, broadcaster and preacher, he has served in the Passionist Community for over thirty years. He is best known in Ireland as Father Brian. In his early years as a priest, Father Brian was heavily involved in the music scene. - Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough (born 21 July 1943) is a guitarist, who has played guitar in such bands as Spooky Tooth, Paul McCartney's Wings, and The Grease Band. Born in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Henry McCullough is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and is the only Irishman to play the Woodstock Festival (backing Joe Cocker). He turns up in many different places as sideman or a performer in his own right. - Robert McLaughlin
Robert McLaughlin (November 16 1836 - November 23 1921) was an Ontario manufacturer. He founded the McLaughlin Carriage and McLaughlin Motor Car companies which later became part of General Motors. He was born in Cavan Township, Upper Canada in 1836, the son of an Irish immigrant, John McLaughlin. He moved to Darlington Township with his family in 1837. He married Mary Smith in 1864. In 1869, he set up a carriage works at Enniskillen. - James Whiteside
James Whiteside (1804 - 1876) was an Irish politician and judge. The son of William Whiteside, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, was born in August 1804, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, being called to the Irish bar in 1830. He very rapidly acquired a large practice, and after taking silk in 1842 he gained a reputation for forensic oratory surpassing that of all his contemporaries, and rivalling that of his most famous predecessors of the 18th century. - Edward Cooney
Irish evangelist Edward Cooney (11 February, 1867 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland and was educated at Portora Royal School - 1960) was a preacher and the founder of a Protestant Christian sect known as the Cooneyites. Cooney is buried in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. - Frank McManus
Frank McManus (born 16 August 1942) is an Irish nationalist activist and former Member of the British House of Commons. Born in Lisnaskea, he received his secondary education at St. Michael's College, Enniskillen; he later attended Queen's University, Belfast before becoming a solicitor. In the late 1960s, he became the chair of the Fermanagh Civil Rights Association. McManus was elected in the 1970 general election, as the Unity candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, … - Frank Ormsby
Frank Ormsby (born near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1947) is an Northern Irish poet. He was educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen and Queen's University Belfast. He was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to 1989, and has also edited the Poetry Ireland Review. Since 1976 he has been Head of English at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. In 1992 he received the Cultural Traditions Award, given in memory of John Hewitt, … - Gary Beckett
Gary Beckett (born on July 24, 1973 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays with League of Ireland club Derry City. - Vivian Mercier
Vivian Mercier (1919 - 1989) was an Irish literary critic. He was born in Clara, County Offaly, Ireland and educated first at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and then at Trinity College, Dublin. He is perhaps best known for his famous summation of the plot of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot": "nothing happens, twice." Ironically, despite what may sound like a somewhat disparaging criticism, … - Bob Kerr
Robert ('Bob') Kerr is the former Chairman (2000–2002) and President (2004) of the Irish Cricket Union. He died during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, days after the Irish team's historic win over Pakistan. Kerr had been attending the event, with his wife. He was former headmaster of 'Jones Memorial Primary School', Enniskillen and Dungannon Primary School. He was also a former president of the Ulster Teachers Union. - Max Adrian
Max Adrian (1 November 1903-19 January 1973) was a British stage, film and television actor. He was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He was born simply Max Bor, and is sometimes credited as Max Cavendish. He was educated at the Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, whose past pupils also included Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett. Firstly a stage actor, he began his career as a chorus boy at a silent moving-picture house, … - Brian Hannon
The Right Reverend Brian Hannon (born October 5, 1936) is a retired Church of Ireland clergyman, who was Bishop of Clogher from 1986 to 2001. He is also the father of the singer and songwriter Neil Hannon, lead member of The Divine Comedy, who wrote the theme music for the situation comedy "Father Ted". He was once known as "Hannon the Canon". He ministered in Derry from 1969 to 1982, during the time of the Troubles. He then moved to the diocese of Clogher, … - Henry Francis Lyte
Henry Francis Lyte (June 1, 1793 - November 20, 1847) was an Anglican divine and hymn-writer. He was born in West Mains (a farm) near Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland, which was then known as "the Cottage", in the year 1793. His father was a naval officer, which is curious partly because the farm was not so near the sea. His family came from Somerset in South West England. In 1804, the family went to Ireland and he was educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, … - Graham Little
Graham Little (b. 12 April 1978) is a freelance Northern Irish television presenter and journalist, born in Enniskillen. Graham began his journalism career in his native County Fermanagh working for Enniskillen-based newspaper "The Impartial Reporter" as a sports reporter. Graham made the transition to broadcast journalism when he began reporting for UTV Live in September 2002. He also presented the sports news on "UTV Live" from March 2003. - John Corry
Colonel John Corry (1666 - 1726) was an Irish politician. The son of Colonel James Corry and Sarah Anketell, he was High Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1711. From 1711 to 1713, Corry was Member of Parliament for Enniskillen and from 1719 to 1726 for Fermanagh. On 7 February 1701 or 1702, he married Sarah Leslie, daughter of William Leslie. They had five children, four daughters and one son, Leslie Corry. - James Beatty
James Beatty (1820 - 11 March 1856) was a railway engineer. The son of a doctor from Enniskillen, Beatty was first employed in 1842 at the age of 22 by Peto and Betts on building the Norwich and Lowestoft line. In 1853 he was in Nova Scotia surveying the European and North American Railway and despite adverse weather conditions, the line was staked out in good time. Towards the end of 1854 he was appointed by Peto, … - John Farry
John Farry is an Irish singer/songwriter from Garrison, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, best known for writing the Irish entry for the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest - a song entitled "Mysterious Woman" which achieved 2nd place. Farry was born in 1959, in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the sixth member in a family of seven (four boys and three girls). - Samuel McLaughlin
Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin , CC, ED, CD, LLD (September 8, 1871 - January 6, 1972) was an important Canadian businessman, philanthropist and founder, in 1907, of the McLaughlin Motor Car Co., the first major automobile manufacturer in Canada. Born near Oshawa in Enniskillen, Ontario, the son of Robert McLaughlin, he started working, in 1887, for his father's company, McLaughlin Carriage Works, … - Charles Leslie
Charles Leslie (July, 1650 - April 13, 1722), Anglican nonjuring divine, son of John Leslie (1571-1671), bishop of Raphoe and afterwards of Clogher, was born in July 1650 in Dublin, and was educated at Enniskillen school and Trinity College, Dublin. Going to England he read law for a time, but soon turned his attention to theology, and took orders in 1680. In 1687 he became chancellor of the cathedral of Connor and a justice of the peace, … - Ciarán McMenamin
Ciarán McMenamin is a Northern Ireland-born actor, who has appeared on various BBC and ITV programmes, including as Cedric Crackenthorpe in "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw", an episode of "Marple" (starring Geraldine McEwan), and in the Channel 4 comedy series "The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star". He also co-starred in the 2005 ITV series "The Golden Hour" as a paramedic. He co-starred in the 2001 movie "To End All Wars". - James McGuire
James McGuire (VC),(1827 - 22 December 1862) was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Kieran McKenna
Kieran McKenna (born 14 May 1986) is a Northern Irish football player. He is a central midfielder, who can also play out on the right in midfield and at full back. He appeared in his first reserve game for Tottenham Hotspur against Coventry in February 2003, since when he has become a regular for the Spurs reserve team. - Lowry Cole 4th Earl of Enniskillen
Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen KP (21 December 1845-28 April 1924), known as Viscount Cole from 1850 to 1886, was an Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Cole was the second but eldest surviving son of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, and Jane Casamaijor. He was elected to the House of Commons for Enniskillen in 1880, a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished. - William Magee
William Magee (1766 - 18 August 1831), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, was born at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected fellow in 1788. He was ordained in 1790. Two sermons, preached in the college chapel in 1798 and 1799, form the basis of his "Discourses on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice" (1801), a polemic against Unitarian theology, which was answered by Lant Carpenter. - Charles Lawson
Charles Devenish (Charlie) Lawson (born September 17, 1959 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland) is a television actor. Lawson was educated at Campbell College in Belfast, where he developed a love of acting. He then went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Lawson is probably most well known for the role of Jim McDonald (who was from Belfast) in "Coronation Street". He appeared in the 1988 film The Firm. - James Kilfedder
Sir James Alexander Kilfedder (16 July 1928 - 20 March 1995) was a Northern Ireland unionist politician. Kilfedder was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Dublin University. He became a barrister, called to the Irish Bar at King's Inns, Dublin, in 1952 and the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1958. He practised in London. At the 1964 general election, Kilfedder was elected as Member of Parliament for West Belfast, … - Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet (13 November 1806 - 6 April 1881) was an English palaeontologist and the son of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, the 9th baronet. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1828. While at college his interest in geology was aroused by the lectures of William Buckland, and by his acquaintance with William D. Conybeare. - Laurena Lacey
Laurena Lacey (born on 29 April 1986 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is one of the first Irish born and raised glamour models to become known internationally. Laurena grew up on a farm, leaving to study A-levels of Travel and Tourism and also Beauty Thearpy in her town of Enniskillen. Lacey went on to University to study Property and Construction in Birmingham, England.
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