Devenish_Island

Devenish Island

Devenish Island

Small island of Northern Ireland

Devenish or Devinish[1] (from Irish Daimhinis, meaning "ox island") is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Aligned roughly north–south, it is about one and a quarter miles (2 km) long and two-thirds of a mile (1 km) wide. The main place to catch a ferry to the island is at Trory Point, just outside Enniskillen. Devenish Island is owned by the Kilravock Christian Trust.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Daimhinis/Devinish". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Kilravock Castle (pronounced 'Kil-rawk') dates from 1460". Kilravockcastle.com. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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