Belturbet Town Trail

Terrain: Town Walk
Time: 1 hr


1. Church of Ireland Graveyard. This is also the site of a Star Fort and Butler’s Castle
2. Mill Hill House – once the home of Percy French
3. Roman Catholic Church (1954)
4. Masonic Hall (1901)
5. Site of former convent built in 1898 for the Sisters of Mercy
6. Town Hall (1928). Originally a market house where court was held, the Town Hall also contained a prison. The statues in front are ‘Eirne & Grainne’, ancient Irish queens. The coat of Arms was granted to Stephen Butler in 1613. It comprises the Rose, the Thistle, the Harp and a Castle in the background (nearby Turbet Island)
7. Old Town House – where the tolls were collected on market days
8. This red bricked building (1904) was the Post Office until 2006
9. Eirne & Grainne have a commending view to here from the Town Hall
10. St. Bricin’s Vocational School
11. Site of former Railway Hotel
12. Fairgreen Church of Ireland National School
13. Site of the original Roman Catholic Church (1838)
14. St. Mary’s Boys National School (1956)
15. Site of the Old Boy’s School (1853 – 1956)
16. Belturbet Railway Station (1887 – 1959)
17. Old Fairgreen – the site of a fair from the 17th century until 1960
18. The manse and former site of Presbyterian Church
19. Site of the former Royal Bank
20. Bronze memorial to Geraldine O Reilly and Patrick Stanley who lost their lives in a car bomb in Belturbet in December 1972
21. Patrick St and William St – once the sites of coach builders, weavers, thatchers and the buttermarket.
22. Site of the former Methodist Church – now a private dwelling. Turning right you will see the former military officer’s houses, know as The Lawn. Further along the Jetty is a ‘Duckin’ Stool’
23. Water Lane – water was once sold here
24. Willow Avenue, former site of Stewart’s Mill. William Stewart was the first to provide electricity to Belturbet
25. Morrissey Park, former site of  Military Barrack (1730 – 1884) which housed up to 150 men and 100 horses and was occupied until 1922. During renovation a stone dated 1699 was discovered bearing the initials of William of Orange. It is now embedded in the wall along the Riverbank. The park is named after Sergeant P.J. Morrissey.
26. Emerald Star Marina
27. Erne Palais Hall – a former cinema
28. Site of former bakery – McDonald’s on Barrack Hill
29. Beside the bakery was once a coach builders workshop
30. Orange Hall (1874)
31. This house with railings was once the site of the former Convent (pre 1898)
32. Marian Park (1954)
33. Shopping centre on site of a former shoe factory (1935 – 1983)
34. Old Gate House for Erne Hill Estate, on right of Erne Hill
35. Belturbet Golf Course
36. Car park at Kilconny Bridge (1836). Several steamships left from here – The SS Belturbet, The SS Kilconny and the SS Countess of Milan
37. Turbet Island. Across the river you can see the former Church of Ireland Rectory (1754) and further upstream you can see the site of an Old Distillery (1825 – 1885)
38. Turbet Island Motte & Bailey – follow the steps to the fortification built in the 12th century by the Normans.
39. Kilconny Bridge – the red brick Bank of Ireland building is now the residence of the parish priest.