Where is Castle Coole?

Castle Coole is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3361°, -7.6031°.

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Castle Coole

Castle Coole in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Castle Coole is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Castle Coole (from Irish: Cúl) is a townland and a late-18th-century neo-classical mansion situated in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Set in a 1,200-acre (490 ha) wooded estate, it is one of three properties owned and managed by the National Trust in County Fermanagh, the others being Florence Court and the Crom Estate. The townland, which is 529 acres (214 ha) in size, is situated in the civil parish of Derryvullan, in the historic barony of Tirkennedy, as well as Fermanagh and Omagh district.

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History

The Castle Coole estate was purchased in 1656 by the Belfast merchant John Corry, grandfather of the 1st Earl Belmore. The estate is named for Lough Coole (from Irish Gaelic cúil, 'seclusion'), a lake surrounded by the Killynure hills. A ráth here and a crannog in Lough Coole itself are reminders that the area has been settled since prehistoric times. Other lakes on the estate include Lough Yoan and Brendrum Lough. The site of a 17th-century house and bawn and formal garden at Castle Coole (grid ref: H2574 4333) are Scheduled Historic Monuments. Castle Coole was constructed between 1789 and 1798 as the summer retreat of Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore. Lord Belmore was the Member of…

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