Baile-Mic-Maghnusa
- Kevin McManus
- Ireland
- November 9, 2021
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Baile-Mic-Maghnusa (aka Belle Isle)
The Fermanagh family’s origins are identified as Senat, or Baile-Mic-Maghnusa, an island in Lough Erne.
We are told in the old records that the island received the fancy name ‘Belle Isle’ from its beauty.
Annals of Ulster
One of the most celebrated characters associated with this family was Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa chief of his clan and compiler of the Annals of Ulster.
An entry in the annals for 1488 notes his inauguration by Maguire and the nobles of Fermanagh.
Annals of Ulster: a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540
