Our Ulster Plantation Castles

Northern Ireland is blessed to have many historical sites which visitors to the Province can enjoy.  This short blog will concentrate on two sites in Co Fermanagh which draw their influence from Scotland.

Co Fermanagh in particular has some fine examples of plantation castles, the photographs below feature Monea Castle, which dates from 1616 when Rector of Devenish, Rev'd Malcolm Hamilton.

The second castle is Tully Castle, a fortified house with a rectangular bawn dating from 1619.  I hope you will agree that both are well worth a visit.  These photographs were originally commissioned for a publication produced by the Ulster Scots Community Network.

Ulster Photography is available to undertake commissioned work, with particular interest in historical and cultural aspects of Ulster history.