The A 46 runs along the west side of Lough Earne to Enniskillen (pop. 12,500), situated between the two loughs, which are here connected by the River Erne. This lively holiday resort has a good number of old mansions, as well as some delightful parkland scenery, particularly Florence Court and its grounds, the seat of the Counts of Enniskillen,
and Castlecoole, a mansion built in the Palladian style by James Wyatt in 1796. Its favorable position on the old trading route between Ulster and Connaught was originally the reason for the choice of Enniskillen as seat of the Maguires, the chieftains of Fermanagh, who had the lough guarded by a fleet of sometimes as many as 1,500 boats. Two other buildings worth seeing are the Anglican Cathedral (17th/18th C.), in which hang the banners of the former royal regiment, and Portora Royal School.
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