|Irish: Inis Ceithleann| Enniskillen from the air (2005)
Enniskillen shown within Northern Ireland |Population||13,599
(2001 Census)| |Irish grid reference| |- Belfast||88 miles (142
km)| |Sovereign state||United Kingdom| |Postcode district||BT74,
BT92-94| |EU Parliament||Northern Ireland| |UK
Parliament||Fermanagh and South Tyrone| |NI Assembly||Fermanagh
and South Tyrone| Enniskillen (//, from Irish: Inis Ceithleann
meaning "Ceithlenn's island" [ˈɪnʲɪʃ ˈcɛlʲən̪ˠ]) is a town and
civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is
located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the
Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of
13,599 in the 2001 Census. It is the seat of local government
for Fermanagh District Council, and is also the county town of
Fermanagh as well as its largest town. The town's name comes
from the Irish: Inis Ceithleann. This refers to Cethlenn, a
figure in Irish mythology who may have been a goddess. It has
been said that Ceithlenn got wounded in battle