as tithes, each tate estimated to contain in "country measure". Associated with these lands were other traditional payments given to Ballinsaggart and other associated islands, together with the ownership of the late Abbey of St Francis, which is situated near Lisgoole Abbey. Lisgoole was recommended as the site of a new colonial-plantation settlement (later to be Enniskillen) by the Lord Deputy, Chichester. There were two sites under consideration for the proposed settlement, the first being Ballyshanon (now Ballyshannon) and the other at "Lysgoule which lies about the midst of the county". Lord Chichester expressed the view that he wanted to construct the "beginning of a town where he would build both sides of the river, whereby the bridge could be defended and the passage secured". Chichester was so taken by the location of Lisgoole he immediately ordered houses to be constructed to billet soldiers stationed at Devenish, together with a gaol and house of sessions, and a weekly market. The owners of Lisgoole ignored this offer from the Lord Deputy. The location eventually chosen by the commissioners for a town was Enniskillen. In 1608 Chichester recommended this position in his notes of remembrances but seems to have forgotten Lisgoole, saying "Inishkellin is the fittest place for a shire town and shall be made a corporation". The free school originally intended to be built at Lisgoole was eventually built at Portora. Eventually, the monks returned in 1616. Gathering of the Four Masters Irish historian and scholar Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh stopped there in 1631 and compiled the Lebor Gabála Érenn, translated in English, the book of invasions, a narrative in Gaelic together with O'Mulcrony, Cucoigry O'Glery, O Duigenan and Gilla Patrick O' Lennon. (O Luinín) This was the first documented assembly of the Four Masters who later went on to document the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annals of the Four Masters). It is written that the task, under the patronage of Brian Roe Maguire, commenced on 22 October 1631 and was finished by 22 December the same year. Later in 1644, Connor, Lord Maguire, was hanged for treason at Tyburn, London, His last will and testament was kept in a strong box, in the custody of the friars which amongst other things bequeathed £20 to the abbey for prayers for his soul. In 1671, it is reported that the friar of Lisgoole (Paul O Feararan) met Oliver Plunkett at