churches historical around fermanagh

St. Ronan is said to have founded a church in the 7th century at this spot a mile and a half south of Lisnaskea, where many Maguire chieftains were buried. Of greater interest than the ruined church with battered walls are the 18th century grave-stones, some kept locked in a stone vault.

A 12th century carving of a figure bearing book and cross, which may once have adorned a now-vanished tomb-shrine of St. Ronan, is now exhibited in the Fermanagh County Museum in the Castle at Enniskill...

Excavations in 1959 showed that the church had a predecessor in wood at the same location. The site, which, unusually, is not associated by tradition with the name of any particular saint, is best known for the curious set of stone figures with grimacing faces which are now attached to the interior north wall of the church.

The figures were found built into the stone church. They are made up of one set of two small figures and another group of four larger figures, along with a rough-ou...