In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Derrygonnelly like this:
DERRYGONNELLY, a market-town, partly in the parish of DEVENISH, and partly in that of INNISMACSAINT, barony of MAGHERABOY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER, 7 miles (N. W.) from Enniskillen, on the road to Sligo; the population is returned with the respective parishes. This town, which is the property of General Archdall, consists of one main street of newly built houses, and a market-house: it has a penny post to Enniskillen. ...
The market is on Saturday; and fairs are held on the 24th of each month for general farming stock. A constabulary police force is stationed here, and petty sessions are held every alternate week: a manorial court also is occasionally held. It contains a R. C. chapel dependent on that of Devenish, which union or district is also called Derrygonnelly, and a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Near the town are the ruins of an old church, originally a chapel of ease to the parochial church, built by the Dunbar family.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Derrygonnelly, in and County Fermanagh | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29361
Date accessed: 02nd July 2024
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