Rosslea
Roslea
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District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | BT |
Dialling code | 028 |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
Rosslea or Roslea (from
History
There were several incidents in the Rosslea area during the
Rosslea was one of several Catholic border villages in Fermanagh that would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.[4]
Transport
Sport
The local
2001 Census
Roslea is classified as a small village or hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 554 people living in Roslea. Of these:
- 25.0% were aged under 16 years and 16.8% were aged 60 and over
- 46.8% of the population were male and 53.3% were female
- 97.5% were from a Catholic background and 2.0% were from a Protestantbackground
- 10.6% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed
2011 Census
On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Rosslea Settlement was 528 accounting for 0.03% of the NI total.[7]
- 99.43% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group;
- 93.18% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 5.11% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and
- 6.82% indicated that they had a British national identity, 66.86% had an Irish national identity and 23.11% had a Northern Irish national identity*.
Respondents could indicate more than one national identity
On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Rosslea Settlement, considering the population aged 3 years old and over:
- 29.53% had some knowledge of Irish;
- 0.39% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and
- 4.13% did not have English as their first language.
Education
References
- ^ Place Names NI
- ^ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign. Mercier Press, 2011. pp. 115–116
- ^ Lawlor, Pearse. The Outrages, pp. 117–119
- ^ "Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. pp. 140–143. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "All Enniskillen town bus services facing the chop". Fermanaghherald.com. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Ulsterbus services consultation response deadline extension – April 17". Translink.co.uk. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Rosslea Settlement". NISRA. Retrieved 29 September 2022.