Newtownbutler
 Newtownbutler
is a well-established village in the southeast corner of the County,
close to the border with Monaghan and the town of Clones. The village
is very rural in character and surrounded by small lakes and bogland.
Whilst this proves to be a fisherman’s paradise, it was, famously,
the undoing of some of the Jacobite forces in 1689. A Williamite
force of less than 1000 Enniskillen troops captured and killed 3000
of James II’s troops here after they had got lost in the anonymous
and unmarked bog.
In more recent times, the main danger posed by the area is that
of back strain from landing so many fish in one day! As well as
the multitude of small local waters, Lough Erne can be accessed
from just outside the village.
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