Lisbellaw

Lisbellaw
Irish: Lios Béal Átha

Lisbellaw Parish Church
Lisbellaw
 Lisbellaw shown within Northern Ireland
Population 1,277 (2008 estimate)
Irish grid referenceH301410
    Belfast  78 miles 
DistrictFermanagh and Omagh
CountyCounty Fermanagh
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ENNISKILLEN
Postcode district BT94
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentFermanagh and South Tyrone
NI AssemblyFermanagh and South Tyrone
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh

Coordinates: 54°19′01″N 7°32′13″W / 54.317°N 7.537°W / 54.317; -7.537

Lisbellaw (from Irish: Lios Béal Átha, meaning "ringfort at the ford-mouth")[1] is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Enniskillen. In 2008 it had an estimated population of 1,277 people.

The village is built around the (Church of Ireland) 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 and Presbyterian churches. The Roman Catholic church building and a Plymouth Brethren gospel hall lie just off the main street. Just outside the village is Carrybridge, a marina on Upper Lough Erne.

A Lisbellaw railway station opened on August 16, 1858 and shut down on 1 October 1957.[2]

Population

Lisbellaw is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. A census performed on April 29, 2001 revealed a population of 1,046 people living in Lisbellaw. Of these:

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