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ENNISKILLEN - INIS CETHLENN. CETHLENN'S ISLAND - This is a modern form of Inis Cethlenn,
"Cethlenn's Island". Cethlenn or
Kehlen was the wife of Balor, chief of the Fomorians, a race of pirates much celebrated in legend, who
infested the coasts of Ireland and oppressed the inhabitants. Cethlenn, warlike as her husband,
fought at the second battle of Moytura and inflicted a wound on the King of the Dedannans. The
headquarters of the Fomorians was Tory Island, and there they harboured their fleet. Enniskillen is
built on an island between the upper and lower lakes of the Erne. The castle of Enniskillen belonged
to the Maguires, Lords of Fermanagh.
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