Portora Castle which fell at the hands of school boys


PORTORA Castle situated on the south bank of the River Erne along ‘the narrows’, fell at the hands of Portora school boys playing with home-made explosives in 1859. The castle guards a former crossing point where the river joins Lough Erne. Before the modern barrage was built it commanded a natural ford, a historic crossing […]

Golden swallows take flight in Enniskillen


CHILDREN around the world have grown up hearing Oscar Wilde’s famous fairytale of the statue of a prince that enlists the help of the swallows living at his feet to provide aid to the people of the town he overlooks. Wilde was inspired to write The Happy Prince during his time at Portora school in Enniskillen, where his dormitory […]

New Portora campus edges one step closer


THE LONG-AWAITED new Enniskillen Royal Grammar School building is one step closer, with hopes high funding for the project will be confirmed in the near future.   It is thought that the new school will be based at the Portora site while the Collegiate campus, located in one of Enniskillen’s most sought after residential areas, could […]

Old Collegiate site prime property for upmarket housing


A NEW build for Enniskillen Royal Grammar School is scheduled for completion for summer 2024. Since the amalgamation of the Collegiate Grammar School and Portora Royal School in 2016 the newly formed school operated across a split campus utilising the former sites of the respective schools. Speaking to the Herald this week, school principal Elizabeth […]

Schoolboy upskirt sentencing is adjourned


THE TEENAGER convicted of taking “upskirt” images of two teachers at an Enniskillen school yesterday appeared in court for the first time, only to have his sentencing adjourned.  Timothy Boomer (18), from Lisnarick, was surrounded by an entourage of around 10 supporters and family when he attended Enniskillen Magistrates Court on Tuesday.  District Judge Michael […]