Lisbellaw () is a
village
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in
County Fermanagh
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The county covers an area of and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021. Enniskillen is the ...
,
Northern Ireland
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, about east of
Enniskillen
Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
. In 2008 it had an estimated population of 1,277 people.
The village is built around the
Church of Ireland
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parish church, which was built in the 18th century. The steep main street houses two grocery shop, a hairdressing salon, two pubs, a post office, a dentist's surgery, a beauty salon, a butcher, two mechanics, a pharmacy, a health store distributor, a chip shop, and a hardware store, as well as the Church of Ireland parish centre, the
Methodist
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and
Presbyterian
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churches. The
Catholic
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church and a
Plymouth Brethren
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gospel hall lie just off the main street. Just outside the village is
Carrybridge, a marina on Upper
Lough Erne
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.
Lisbellaw railway station opened on 16 August 1858 and shut down on 1 October 1957.
Population
2001 census
Lisbellaw is classified as a village by the
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
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. A
census
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performed on 29 April 2001 revealed a population of 1,046 people living in Lisbellaw. Of these:
* 24.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.7% were aged 60 and over
* 48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female
* 91.9% were from a
Protestant
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and other Christian background (including Christian related community background)
* 7.3% of the population were from a
Catholic
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Community Background
* 5.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
2011 census
On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Lisbellaw Settlement was 1,106 accounting for 0.06% of the NI total.
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* 99.64% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
* 13.47% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 83.00% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
* 72.42% indicated that they had a British national identity, 10.85% had an Irish national identity and 26.13% had a Northern Irish national identity. Respondents could indicate more than one national identity.
* 3.90% had some knowledge of Irish;
* 7.03% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
* 0.38% did not have English as their first language.
See also
*
Market houses in Northern Ireland
References
External links
Enniskillen.comCulture Northern Ireland
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Villages in County Fermanagh