Trory

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Trory
Fermanagh
Boat house at Trory, Lough Erne - geograph.org.uk - 1752198.jpg
Boathouse at Trory
Location
Grid reference: H233495
Location: 54°23’37"N, 7°38’31"W
Data
Population: 90  (2001)
Dialling code: 028
Local Government
Council: Fermanagh and Omagh
Parliamentary
constituency:
Fermanagh and South Tyrone

Trory is a small village and a townland (of 335 acres) in Fermanagh. It is to be found three miles north of Enniskillen.[1]

The townland is in the Barony of Tirkennedy, but the wider civil parish (which includes the small village of Ballycassidy) extends over areas of Tirkennedy and parts of the Barony of Lurg.[2][3]

The 2001 Census recorded that Trory (with Ballycassidy and Laragh) had a population of 315 people.

The name Treabhraigh means 'Place of tillage'.

St Michael's Church of Ireland Parish Church in Trory is a listed building.

Devenish Island

The ferry to Devenish Island leaves from Trory point about a mile and a half out of Enniskillen.

Pictures

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References

  1. Sanderson, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. p. 141. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6. 
  2. Trory - Placenames NI
  3. "Trory". http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/. Retrieved 19 April 2015.