The purchase of Lough Erne Resort, the five-star luxury hotel and golf resort, has been completed by a US investment group led by Vine Avenue Advisors, LLC, headed by Michael Saliba, and TRU Hotels and Resorts, a hotel investment and management company founded by veteran American hoteliers Jeff Mahan and Mark Ward.
Why stay at Lough Erne Resort?
Jul 09, 2015 · THE new owners of the Lough Erne Resort say they will pump some “several million dollars” into revamping the “crown’s jewel” of the North’s tourism. The purchase of Lough Erne Resort, the five-star luxury hotel and golf resort, has been completed by a US investment group led by Vine Avenue Advisors, LLC, headed by Michael Saliba, and TRU Hotels and Resorts, a hotel …
Is Fermanagh's Lough Erne golf resort facing a more secure future?
Jul 07, 2015 · Lough Erne Resort. Purchase of Lough Erne Resort, the five-star luxury hotel and golf resort located near Enniskillen, gateway to North West Ireland, has been completed by a U.S. investment group led by Vine Avenue Advisors, LLC, headed by Michael Saliba, and TRU Hotels and Resorts, a hotel investment and management company founded by veteran American …
How many golf courses are there in Lough Erne?
Nov 19, 2017 · Mark Ward, co-owner of the five-star Lough Erne resort in Fermanagh, has a fistful of plans for the future Gavin Daly Sunday November 19 2017, 12.01am, The Sunday Times Ward is …
What is the Lough Erne Regatta?
Aug 18, 2014 · Fermanagh's luxury Lough Erne golf resort is facing a more secure future after it was snapped up by an American billionaire, according to reports. T he five-star hotel, which enjoyed global...
Who owns the islands in Lough Erne?
Its area manager, Brad Robson explained that, in total, the RSPB manages 40 islands on Lough Erne. “We own some, we manage four for the council and some are in private ownership, but we have an arrangement with the landowner to manage them on their behalf.”Oct 11, 2013
Who built Lough Erne Resort?
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland, July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Purchase of Lough Erne Resort, the five-star luxury hotel and golf resort located near Enniskillen, gateway to North West Ireland, has been completed by a U.S. investment group led by Vine Avenue Advisors, LLC, headed by Michael Saliba, and TRU Hotels and ...Jul 6, 2015
When was Lough Erne Resort built?
2007Lough Erne Resort, built in 2007, was brought to the world's attention when it successfully hosted the last G8 Summit in 2013.Jul 9, 2015
When did the Lough Erne open?
September 2007Lough Erne is a prestigious golf resort development in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, opened in September 2007.
Where is the Lough Erne Yacht Club?
Lough Erne Yacht Club is based in Gublusk Bay. The Lough Erne Regatta is Ireland’s oldest event for racing under sail, with a lineage beyond 1820. The RNLI has an inland lifeboat and rescue watercraft based at Gublusk with a further station at Carrybridge on the Upper lake.
What is the area around Lough Erne?
The Lough Erne area is popular for angling and watersports, with waterskiing, rowing and wakeboarding being amongst the most popular; the stretch of water alongside the Broadmeadow, Enniskillen, has hosted stages of the World Waterski Championships annually since 2005, and in 2007, a pro-wakeboard competition, 'Wakejam' was hosted by the Erne Wakeboard Club (EWC) after successful national wakeboard competitions in the previous years. Canoeing is also a popular recreational sport on the Erne.
What is the second largest lake in Ireland?
It is the second-biggest lake system in Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the fourth biggest in Ireland. The lakes are widened sections of the River Erne, which flows north and then curves west into the Atlantic. The smaller southern lake is called the Upper Lough as it is higher up the river. The bigger northern lake is called ...
How long is the Lough Erne?
Shallow Upper Lough Erne, spreading southeast of Enniskillen for about 12 miles, is a maze of islands. The River Erne is 80 miles (129 km) long and drains an area of about 1680 square miles (4,350 km 2 ).
What is the Erne Rivers Trust?
The Erne Rivers Trust is a Rivers Trust NGO trying to help maintain the clean water in the Lough Erne catchment for all the flora and fauna.
Where was the G8 summit held?
An example of the many ways Ireland assisted the allies while remaining neutral. In November 2012, it was announced that the Lough Erne Resort, a hotel on the southern shore of the Lower Lough, would host the 39th G8 summit.
Why are lakes called islands?
Islands. The lakes contain many small islands and peninsulas, which are also called "islands" because of the highly convoluted shoreline and because many of them were islands prior to two extensive drainage schemes in the 1880s and the 1950s which dropped the water level by about 5 feet (1.5 metres).
Mark Ward, co-owner of the five-star Lough Erne resort in Fermanagh, has a fistful of plans for the future
The first time Mark Ward visited the Lough Erne hotel and golf resort outside Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh, it was an “unnaturally beautiful” day in the summer of 2014.
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It was July 2015 before Ward’s Tru Hotels & Resorts and US insurer Ability Insurance finally completed the deal to buy Lough Erne for £7.7m
Overview
Sport and tourism
The Lough Erne area is popular for angling and watersports, with waterskiing, rowing and wakeboarding being amongst the most popular; the stretch of water alongside the Broadmeadow, Enniskillen, has hosted stages of the World Waterski Championships annually since 2005, and in 2007, a pro-wakeboard competition, 'Wakejam' was hosted by the Erne Wakeboard Club (EWC) after successful national wakeboard competitions in the previous years. Canoeing is also a pop…
Name, mythology and folklore
Lough Erne (Loch Éirne) appears to be named after an ancient population group called the Érainn, or after a goddess from which the Érainn took their name. Since tribes were often named after a divine ancestor, T. F. O'Rahilly suggested that the Érainn took their name from a goddess named Érann and that Loch Éirne probably means "lake of (the goddess) Érann". O'Rahilly and other scholars have connected these names to Ériu (modern Éire), the goddess after which Ireland is na…
History
The Menapii are the only known Celtic tribe specifically named on Ptolemy’s AD 150 map of Ireland, where they located their first colony — Menapia — on the Leinster coast circa 216 BC. They later settled around Lough Erne, becoming known as the Fir Manach, and giving their name to Fermanagh and Monaghan. Mongán mac Fiachnai, a 7th-century King of Ulster, is the protagonist of several legends linking him with Manannán mac Lir. They spread across Ireland, evolving into his…
Geography
The lakes contain many small islands and peninsulas, which are also called "islands" because of the highly convoluted shoreline and because many of them were islands prior to two extensive drainage schemes in the 1880s and the 1950s which dropped the water level by about 5 feet (1.5 metres). The Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846 stated, "The islands are popularly fabled to be as numerous as the days of the year; but they have been more soberly estimated at 90 in the Upper …
Administration
Waterways Ireland, a cross-border organisation, established under the Belfast Agreement 1999, is responsible for navigation on the Erne System, as well the island of Ireland's other navigable waterways.
Department for Infrastructure Rivers retains ownership of the bed and foreshore and manages water levels within the ranges specified in the Erne Drainage and Development Act (1950). The d…
Transport
A canal, the Shannon–Erne Waterway, runs between the upper end of the River Shannon and the River Erne, allowing boat movements from the Shannon estuary in southwest Ireland, through the western midlands of the country, across to the northwest and out to the Atlantic again (although the final section to the Atlantic side of Belleek is not navigable).
The section of the Ulster Canal connecting Lough Erne to Clonesis being planned for navigation t…
Gallery
• Lower Lough Erne.
• Upper Lough Erne.
• Upper Lough Erne Panorama.
• Lough Erne from the International Space Station (lower right).