What is Enniskillen?
'''Enniskillen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|n|ᵻ|s|ˈ|k|ɪ|l|ən}}, from {{lang-ga|Inis Ceithleann}} {{IPAc-ga|'|i|n'|i|s'|-|'|k'|e|l'|@|N}}, '[[Cethlenn|Ceithlenn]]'s island') is a town and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It had a [[population]] of 13,823 at the [[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011 Census]].<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Enniskillen%40Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name%3A%20%40Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name%3A%20%20Enniskillen%4023%3F | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Enniskillen Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] | access-date = 5 March 2018 | archive-date = 26 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200626081955/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Enniskillen%40Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name%3A%20%40Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name%3A%20%20Enniskillen%4023%3F | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was the seat of local government for the former [[Fermanagh District Council]], and is the [[county town]] of Fermanagh as well as its largest town. The conditions of life for many of its people was once exceptionally poor.<ref>BBC short which illustrates the former poverty. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment]</ref> In 1987, a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] [[Enniskillen bombing|bombing]] killed 12 people. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:County towns in Northern Ireland]] {{multistub|UK|geo}} {{authority control}}