Devenish Island Lough Erne Co. Fermanagh
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Located in Lower Lough Erne north of Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh Devinish is one of a number of "Holy Islands" in the lough. It contains one of the finest monastic sites in Northern Ireland. It includes an almost perfect 12 century Round Tower typical of such settlements. Also on the island nearby are the walls of the Oratory of St Molaise who established the monastery in the 6th century. On the Islands highest point sits the Abbey Church of St. Mary. A priory was built here in the 15th century with a tower and a cloister to the north. |
| Devenish Island can be reached by ferry from Tory
daily (Except Mondays) April to September or alternatively the M.V.
Kestrel which cruises on the Lough Erne leaving from Enniskillen stop at
Devienish for 30 minutes. Further North a road runs through Boa Island at the northern end of the Lough the island being joined to the main land by bridges at each. On this island can be found an extraordinary two faced figure known as the Janus figure |
Round Tower
Devenish Island |
 Janus
Figure Boa Island |