derrylin

"Quays, Derry City, Co Derry" is actually Derrylin, Co Fermanagh

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 10 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  Streetview from the far side of the hotel.

• Niall McAuley said:

  45 photos in this For Sale article (which might be gone when future generations view this page, but for now...)

• derangedlemur said:

  I once made a snowman there. I drove to Enniskillen to see some snow (we'd none in Dublin) and stopped at this hotel to look at the lake. While I was there, I built a snowman as well. As per Niall's streetview, it seems to have melted.

• Niall McAuley said:

  Referenced previously here:
  
  
  "When it became clear that [a proposed steamboat passenger service] could not compete with the railway, [John Grey Vesey] Porter switched to tourism. In 1873, he opened a hotel and pier at Knockninny, a renowned beauty spot on the upper lake just north of Derrylin (fig 2.15). He redeployed the Knockninny and, from 1880, the Belturbet to ferry passengers from Enniskillen and for excursions on the Upper Lough. These services ceased with his death in 1903 and both vessels were scrapped during the first world war."

• beachcomber australia said:

  Mr French is teasing us ! He went for a walk up the hill behind the hotel ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323535 (same PoV as this) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000041566 (up a bit) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322390 (higher) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322388 (from the top?) And the reverse view with the hill Mr French went up ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323536 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334286