Things you didn't know about... County Fermanagh

Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde went to school in County Fermanagh
Dubliners Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde both attended the Portora Royal School, an imposing Georgian building perched astride a hill outside Enniskillen, Fermanagh's largest town.

Beckett began his schooldays here in 1920, aged 14. School records show that, while Beckett excelled as an athlete, there was no real evidence of literary talent from the man whose play Waiting For Godot is now an acknowledged modern classic, and who would go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.

Oscar Wilde attended the same County Fermanagh school from the age of 10, leaving when he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin.

From County Fermanagh to Washington DC
Bill Clinton, the former president of the United States, can trace his family history back to County Fermanagh.

Clinton's mother's maiden name was Cassidy, and it's thought that all Cassidys, like all Maguires, originate from County Fermanagh. During his 1995 visit to Northern Ireland, the President dropped by his ancestral home, a Cassidy farm in the County Fermanagh village of Roslea.

County Fermanagh is known as Northern Ireland's Lake District...
And with good reason. County Fermanagh is made up of lakes, rivers, mountains and forests—giving the county a distinctly rural flavour. That said, it is the only one of the six counties that make up Northern Ireland that does not border Lough Neagh.

County Fermanagh has the oldest pottery in Ireland
The busy market town of Belleek is famous for its fine Parian china. The work of the Belleek Pottery is rated highly by collectors the world over.

County Fermanagh is home to a rare breed
The shores of Upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, make up one of the most important nature conservation sites in Northern Ireland. Here, in Fermanagh's Crom Estate, you can find the elusive pine marten, a member of the weasel family and a protected species.

County Fermanagh solicitor loses case, wins damages
In 1992, in a rather bizarre twist of events, County Fermanagh solicitor Terence Gibson found himself representing the very man who'd crashed into his car. But when Mr Gibson's defence proved unsuccessful, his client was ordered to pay him £130 in damages.