Lisbellaw

Lisbellaw
Lios Béal Átha
Lisbellaw Lios Béal Átha;
	Lisbellaw Parish Church
	Lisbellaw Location within Northern Ireland
Population	1,106 (2011 Census)
• Belfast	78 miles
District	Fermanagh and Omagh;
County	County Fermanagh;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ENNISKILLEN
Postcode district	BT94
Dialling code	028, +44 28
UK Parliament	Fermanagh and South Tyrone;
NI Assembly	Fermanagh and South Tyrone;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Fermanagh 54°19′01″N 7°32′13″W / 54.317°N 7.537°W

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

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

Population

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:

24.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.7% were aged 60 and over
48.7% of the population were male and 51.3% were female
91.9% were from a
Protestant and other Christian background (including Christian related community background) ^[3]

99.64% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
13.47% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 83.00% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
72.42% indicated that they had a British national identity, 10.85% had an Irish national identity and 26.13% had a Northern Irish national identity. Respondents could indicate more than one national identity.
3.90% had some knowledge of Irish;
7.03% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
0.38% did not have English as their first language.