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Projects

Following a successful development stage National Lottery Heritage Fund have granted LELP over £2.6 million to deliver a suite of projects. The delivery phase has commenced and will continue until 2023. Each of the projects will enhance the local landscape and provide a legacy for the local community for future generations.

Project 1: Erne Pilgrim Trail

The Lough Erne Spiritual Trail & Great Island Monasteries project focuses on the development of 11 key sites around Upper and Lower Lough Erne that will create a journey to celebrate the monastic & ecclesiastical history of this area.

Project 2: Paddling on the Lough

The Erne Paddlers are an established canoe club operating in Enniskillen, this project will increase access to the waters of Lough Erne for people of all abilities and ages.

Project 3a: Share Discovery Village Bird Hide and Trail

The aims of this project is to create greater access to the lough shore with the development of an accessible lough shore trail and the addition of a bird hide on the path.

Project 3b: Lough Erne Schools Convention

The Lough Erne Schools Convention brings pupils from local primary schools together to celebrate Lough Erne. It is an annual one day event, delivered in partnership with the Share Discovery Village and utilising heritage organisations to deliver topic specific workshops.

Project 4: Accessing the Natural Heritage of Upper Lough Erne

Crom Estate is home to a wide variety of species and habitats and rich in cultural heritage. For this project this legacy will be built upon by reinstating 18th century historical walking grounds by opening 10.5km of paths to increase access for the public.

Project 5: Lisnarick Walkway to our Lough

The aim of this project is to connect the small rural village of Lisnarick to Castle Archdale Forest Park and provide access to the Lough.

Project 6: Devenish Community Footpath / Wide Awake Way

This project will develop a 1.5km pathway along the River Erne and the Back Lough to connect existing pathways.

Project 7: Aliens on the Lough

This project will raise awareness and provide advice and training to the local community on identification and management of invasive species including Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam and Giant Hogweed in the Lough Erne area.

Project 8: Lough Erne Wildfowlers Farmers for Biodiversity

This project aims to enhance awareness amongst landowners and the local community about the positive roles the Lough Erne Wildfowlers Council can play in conserving wading species and their habitats.

Project 9: Lough Erne Amazing Pollinators

In recent times the population of pollinators has decreased due to varying factors. The aim of the project is to research and monitor the population of honey bees and wild bees in the area and develop a strategy to enhance their habitat locally.

Project 10: Heritage Champions

This project aimed to train local people to become heritage champions within the Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark.

Project 11: Access Inniskillings

Access Inniskillings will digitise historical archives of the Inniskillings prior to the 19th century.

Project 12: Heritage Skills and Training

The heritage skills training programme aims to offer volunteers, lifelong learning opportunities in training to develop existing skills or learn new skills, and acquire considerable natural and built heritage conservation experience.

Project 13: Keepers of Tradition

This project aims to revive the tradition of Mumming within the younger generation in the Lower and Upper Lough Erne communities.

Project 14: Volunteer Network

The aim of this project is to develop a range of activities for local volunteers to get involved and contribute to LELP’s heritage legacy.

Project 15: Lough Erne Amateur Naturalists

The aim of this project is to develop a range education activities for local schools to engage in their landscape and heritage.

Project 16: Community Engagement & Farming Fund (CEFF)

To develop a successful landscape partnership that will have a clear legacy on Fermanagh and it is essential that the local communities living and working on the Lough feel part of the partnership and involved in the programme.

Project 17: Mapping the Built Heritage of the Islands

This project will record and map the remaining built heritage of the islands before its memory is lost.

Project 18: Study of Vernacular Buildings

The study of vernacular buildings project will create a new-found realisation and knowledge of vernacular buildings and structures and their importance in terms of their history, heritage and in forming Fermanagh’s unique landscape.

Project 19: Island Habitat Restoration

This project focuses on the habitat restoration of RSPB managed islands on Lower Lough Erne aiming to secure a stable and growing population of four key breeding wader species, curlew, lapwing, snipe and redshank.

Project 20: Memory Map of Lough Erne

This project aims to record the history around Lough Erne, using a digital platform to tell its story, which will link histories, stories, maps, photos to various locations around Lough Erne.

Project 21: People, Place, Power and Pageantry: Exploring Fermanagh in the time of the Maguires

A community archaeology dig and excavation will be the centre piece of this project, which will stimulate an active interest in Fermanagh’s past, with a focus on the people and practises of the medieval period.

Project 22: Enniskillen – The Development of our County Town

An element of this project is a community archaeological dig, which is a fabulous medium to create interest and engagement with Enniskillen’s history and heritage.

Project 23: Development of a Sustainable Network

This project will work with our partners to develop a sustainable network of local organisations.

CEFF Project: Jewels of Lough Erne

This project by Buglife aims to lay the foundations for the conservation of Reed Beetles. Lough Erne, in particular, is a habitat stronghold for a number of rare and threatened species of reed beetle.

CEFF Project: Inishmacsaint Parish Church Heritage and Environment Project

This project will undertake a number of environmental and heritage tasks as part of this project to help preserve the graveyard at Inishmacsaint Parish Church.

CEFF Project: Aghalane Accessible Woodland Walkway

This project will work in partnership with Annagh Social Farm CIC to regenerate woodland, create an accessible path and conduct biodiversity activities.

CEFF Project: The History of Lough Head

This project aims to increase awareness of the unique heritage at Lough Head, Lisnaskea, by erecting two information panels, a seat and planting native flowers.

CEFF Project: Hands on Heritage: Landscapes and Riverscapes

The project will provide students, aged 11 – 14 years old, the opportunity to spend a day on the water rowing the Menapian currach and paddling canoes, as well as participating in biodiversity and heritage workshops.

CEFF Project: The Past Recorded

This project will work in partnership to digitise the Parish Records, record folklore and set up a genealogical and heritage database and interpretation display in The Courthouse, Kesh.

CEFF Project: The Last Straw

This project aims to restore organic oaten, rye and wheat straws being grown on the lough shore of Upper Lough Erne and harvest them using traditional tools and methods involving retired farmers.

CEFF Project: Bannagh Chapel Preservation Project

This project aims to protect and preserve the original stained-glass windows of Bannagh Chapel which are in urgent need of repair to prevent drafts and leaks, which are already occurring.

CEFF Project: Shoreline Stories

The project aims to create enhanced and alternative access to Lough Erne by improving the awareness of its history and providing a social commentary. It will use a zero-emission, fully electric passenger vessel to provide this access.

CEFF Project: Safer Digs for Ducks

The aim of this project is to reduce the level of predation on nesting tunnels of wild ducks on Lough Erne by replacing the wooden posts with galvanised steel poles.

CEFF Project: Lovely Lough Erne

The aim of this project is to produce a book in celebration of the scenery, history, literature, poetry, historical and religious heritage of Lough Erne and its people from the earliest time.

CEFF Project: Upper Lough Erne Islands Breeding Wader Project

This project aims to restore highly threatened breeding wader species and their habitats on islands in the Derrylin area of Upper Lough Erne. It will be delivered in partnership by Derrylin and District Gun Club and the local community and farmers.

CEFF Fund: Back Streets ‘The Dardanelles’ Project

This project will explore the history associated with ‘The Dardanelles’ – an area of densely-packed tenements in Enniskillen.

CEFF Fund: Fermanagh Bronze Age Sword

Project to acquire a 3000 year old Bronze Age Sword from auction for display in Fermanagh County Museum, Enniskillen.

CEFF Fund: Feasibility Study for Museum about Heritage of Lough Erne

This project will complete a Feasibility Study in support of the proposal that a ‘maritime’ museum be established on the shores of Lough Erne.

The Big BIG Fermanagh Litterpick 2023

Join us anytime and anywhere in Fermanagh between 28th and 29th April for the the big BIG Fermanagh Litterpick.

Wellness Through Nature – the Special Birds of Lough Erne

Through this project LELP will work with local community organisations, individuals and local artists to engage people not only with one another but also with the landscape that they live in.