Official Name: | Lisbellaw |
Local Name: | Lios Béal Átha |
Static Image Name: | Lisbellaw Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 167631.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Lisbellaw Parish Church |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.317°N -7.537°W |
Belfast Distance: | 78 miles |
Population: | 1,106 |
Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
Unitary Northern Ireland: | Fermanagh and Omagh |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Post Town: | ENNISKILLEN |
Postcode Area: | BT |
Postcode District: | BT94 |
Dial Code: | 028, +44 28 |
Constituency Westminster: | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Constituency Ni Assembly: | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Lieutenancy Northern Ireland: | County Fermanagh |
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Lisbellaw [1] is a village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, about 5miles 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 Catholic church and a Plymouth Brethren gospel hall lie just off the main street. Just outside the village is Carrybridge, a marina on Upper Lough Erne.
Lisbellaw railway station opened on 16 August 1858 and shut down on 1 October 1957.[2]
Lisbellaw is classified as a village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. A census performed on 29 April 2001 revealed a population of 1,046 people living in Lisbellaw. Of these:
On census day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Lisbellaw Settlement was 1,106 accounting for 0.06% of the NI total.[5]