Town Hall The Diamond Enniskillen County Fermanagh

The current building was commissioned to replace an earlier market house, financed by Sir William Cole, who was closely involved in the Plantation of Ulster, and completed in around 1618. In the late 19th century, after the market house became dilapidated, civic leaders decided to construct a new town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Lady Enniskillen on 2 May 1898. It was designed by William Alphonsus Scott of Drogheda in the Renaissance style, built in limestone with Dungannon sandstone dressings at a cost of £13,000 and was officially opened by the Countess of Erne on 6 January 1901. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber. The…