Lisbellaw () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 ...

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, about east of

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , ' 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 13,823 a ...

. In 2008 it had an estimated population of 1,277 people. The village is built around the

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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

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and

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churches. The

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church building and a Plymouth Brethren gospel hall lie just off the main street. Just outside the village is

Carrybridge Carrybridge is a hamlet in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, 8 km north-west of Lisnaskea and 11 km south-east of Enniskillen. It is situated in the townland of Aghnacarra in the civil parish of Derrybrusk and the historic barony ...

, a marina on Upper Lough Erne. 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

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. A

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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

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and other Christian background (including Christian related community background) * 7.3% of the population were from a

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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. * 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.

References

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Enniskillen.com

Culture Northern Ireland
{{authority control Villages in County Fermanagh

Population

2001 Census

2011 Census

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