Lisnaskea

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Main street in Lisnaskea

Lisnaskea ( Irish Lios na Scéithe ) is the second largest town in the historic County of Fermanagh , Northern Ireland . The place belonged to the dissolved District Fermanagh and since 2015 belongs to the District Fermanagh and Omagh . At the 2011 census it had 2960 inhabitants.

history

Lisnaskea was the seat of the Maguire clan . Later, in the 17th century, James, Lord Balfour, had Castle Balfour built.

During the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , more than 100 people, the majority of them Scots, were executed in Lissenkeah .

In 1821 the village came into the possession of the Counts of Erne. They upgraded it to a city with market rights. Many new buildings were erected in the main street for market purposes ( Market House, Corn Market, Butter Market ).

Demographics

The March 27, 2011 census in the United Kingdom found:

  • 75.9% described themselves as Roman Catholic and 20.2% stated another Christian religion.
  • 25.0% did not have a passport . Of those with passports, 41.2% had a British passport and 28.9% had an Irish passport.
  • 81.9% were born in Northern Ireland, 7.0% in the Republic of Ireland, 5.7% in Great Britain.

Northern Ireland Conflict

  • There were several fatalities in and around Lisnaskea from 1972 to 1981 during the Northern Ireland conflict.

Attractions

Cross in Lisnaskea
  • In the center of the village there is a (composite) early Christian high cross .
  • Not far away are the ruins of Castle Balfour from the early 17th century.
  • About 1 km northeast in the townland of Cornashee is an 8.6 m high artificial hill. This is probably a passage tomb , an inauguration place of the Maguires or a moth .

transport

train

From August 26, 1858 to October 1, 1957, Lisnaskea was connected to the Dundalk - Enniskillen railway line .

bus

Lisnaskea is served several times on weekdays by the Ulsterbus line Clones - Enniskillen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-northernireland_d.php?cityid=N11000358 Census 2011. Retrieved on February 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885
  3. ^ Sanderson, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Page 152. ISBN 0 9500 222 7 6
  4. ↑ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-northernireland.php?cityid=N11000358 , accessed on January 27, 2018
  5. ↑ http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ Victims of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Retrieved February 8, 2018
  6. ↑ https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/nismr-public/Details.aspx?MonID=10969 Cross in the town center. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/nismr-public/Details.aspx?MonID=11016 Castle Balfour. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/nismr-public/Details.aspx?MonID=10960 Artificial mound. Retrieved May 12, 2018
  9. ↑ http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf Railway stations in Ireland. Retrieved February 8, 2018
  10. ↑ http://www.translink.co.uk/Services/Ulsterbus-Service-Page/ Ulsterbus timetable. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

Web links

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