Lisgoole Abbey (Irish: Lios Gabhail) is a large Georgian house with a battlement tower at one end, with substantial grounds, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
Irish historian and scholar Mícheál Ó Cléirigh stopped there in 1631 and compiled the Lebor Gabála Érenn, the book of invasions, a narrative in Gaelic, together with O'Mulcrony, Cucoigry O'Glery, O Duigenan and Gilla Patrick O' Lennon.
The site occupied the old Irish monastery of St Aid but was taken over by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine in 1106 or 1145 and was dedicated by Mc'Noellus Mackenlef, King of Ulaid.
[5] Lord Chichester expressed the view that he wanted to construct the "beginning of a town where he would build both sides of the river, whereby the bridge could be defended and the passage secured".
In 1608 Chichester recommended this position in his notes of remembrances but seems to have forgotten Lisgoole, saying "Inishkellin is the fittest place for a shire town and shall be made a corporation".
[1] Irish historian and scholar Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh stopped there in 1631 and compiled the Lebor Gabála Érenn, translated in English, the book of invasions, a narrative in Gaelic together with O'Mulcrony, Cucoigry O'Glery, O Duigenan and Gilla Patrick O' Lennon.
[3][6] Later in 1644, Connor, Lord Maguire, was hanged for treason at Tyburn, London, His last will and testament was kept in a strong box, in the custody of the friars which amongst other things bequeathed £20 to the abbey for prayers for his soul.
[1] In 1819, John Armstrong, a lieutenant in the Fermanagh Regiment of Militia, sold the abbey to Michael Jones of Cherrymount, Donegal (also stated to be of Camlin), for £12,300.
[3] In 1892, his wife, Mrs. Isabella Diana Jones, bequeathed the abbey to local charities including the Fermanagh Protestant Orphan Society.