Lisbellaw
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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.
Lisbellaw
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Lisbellaw Parish Church | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 1,106 (2011 Census) |
• Belfast | 78 miles |
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County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ENNISKILLEN |
Postcode district | BT94 |
Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
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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]