| Official Name: | Castle Balfour |
| Static Image Name: | File:Castle Balfour, Lisnaskea - geograph.org.uk - 1270799.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Castle Balfour, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 54.2523°N -7.4423°W |
| Irish Grid Reference: | H3634 |
| Country: | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode Area: | BT |
| Postcode District: | BT |
| Dial Code: | 028, +44 28 |
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Castle Balfour Demesne is a townland of 201 acres in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Aghalurcher and the historic barony of Magherastephana.[1] [2] It contains part of the small town of Lisnaskea, with the remainder in the townland of Lisoneill.[3]
The townland contains the 17th-century remains of Castle Balfour, just off the main street in Lisnaskea, built around 1618 by James, Lord Balfour of Glenawley.[4] The castle was altered in 1652 and damaged in 1689, but remained inhabited into the 19th century. It was restored and conserved in the 1960s and 1990s.[5]
There was also evidence of a very much earlier ringfort (with radiocarbon dates of 359-428 AD) in the townland [6] suggesting the area was inhabited from a very early date.
The listed Church of Ireland Holy Trinity Church is also situated in the townland.