Lough Erne Challenge and highlights reach more than 300 million households worldwide in more than 38 countries. Lough Erne Challenge The Lough Erne Challenge is an annual invitational golf event played on The Faldo Course at the Lough Erne Resort, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The inaugural Lough Erne Challenge, played in July 2009, was between Rory McIlroy - touring professional at Lough Erne Resort - and Pádraig Harrington. McIlroy won the 18 hole strokeplay match with a four under par round of 68 to Harrington's two under par 70. In July 2010 McIlroy teamed up with Darren Clarke to form a Northern Ireland
Lough Erne agreement with the Irish Government permitted flying boats based there to fly West straight across neutral Ireland to the Atlantic, avoiding the two-hour detour that would have been necessary for aeroplanes based in Northern Ireland. An example of the many ways Ireland assisted the allies while remaining neutral. In November 2012, it was announced that the Lough Erne Resort, a hotel on the southern shore of the Lower Lough, would host the 39th G8 summit. The lakes contain many small islands and peninsulas, which are also called "islands" because of the highly convoluted shoreline and because many of them were